Job 22:23
New International Version
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent

New Living Translation
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life.

English Standard Version
If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents,

Berean Standard Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

King James Bible
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

New King James Version
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.

New American Standard Bible
“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove injustice far from your tent,

NASB 1995
“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

NASB 1977
“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

Legacy Standard Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

Amplified Bible
“If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,

Christian Standard Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent

American Standard Version
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Contemporary English Version
If you return to God and turn from sin, all will go well for you.

English Revised Version
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you return to the Almighty, you will prosper. If you put wrongdoing out of your tent,

Good News Translation
Yes, you must humbly return to God and put an end to all the evil that is done in your house.

International Standard Version
"If you return to the Almighty you'll be restored, as you remove iniquity from your household.

Majority Standard Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

NET Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

New Heart English Bible
If you return to Shaddai, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

Webster's Bible Translation
If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

World English Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
If you return to the Mighty you are built up, "" You put iniquity far from your tents.

Young's Literal Translation
If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Smith's Literal Translation
If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

Catholic Public Domain Version
If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.

New American Bible
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; if you put iniquity far from your tent,

New Revised Standard Version
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored, if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
If you shall repent before God, you shall be built up; if you shall put away iniquity from your dwelling place;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
If you are converted to God, you will be built up, and if you will put evil far from your dwelling
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up-- If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. 23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents 24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,…

Cross References
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Jeremiah 3:12-14
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. / Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. / “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Hosea 14:1-2
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

Zechariah 1:3
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’

Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Joel 2:12-13
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Deuteronomy 30:2-3
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, / then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

Lamentations 3:40-41
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. / Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Ezekiel 18:30-32
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Revelation 2:5
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Matthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”


Treasury of Scripture

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.

return

Job 8:5,6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; …

Job 11:13,14
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; …

Isaiah 55:6,7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …

built up

Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

thou shalt

Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Joshua 7:13-16
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you…

put

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

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Job 22
1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God
5. He accuses Job of various sins
21. He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy














If you return to the Almighty
The phrase "If you return to the Almighty" is a call to repentance and restoration. The Hebrew word for "return" is "shuv," which implies a turning back or a complete change of direction. This is not merely a physical return but a spiritual one, indicating a heartfelt repentance and a desire to realign oneself with God's will. The term "Almighty" is translated from "Shaddai," a name for God that emphasizes His power and sufficiency. Historically, this name for God is used to remind believers of His ability to provide and protect, underscoring the importance of seeking refuge in His strength.

you will be restored
The promise "you will be restored" speaks to the transformative power of repentance. The Hebrew root "banah" suggests rebuilding or renewing, indicating that God not only forgives but also reconstructs what was broken. This restoration is comprehensive, affecting both the spiritual and material aspects of life. In the context of Job, who has lost everything, this promise is particularly poignant, offering hope that God can restore fortunes and relationships when one turns back to Him.

if you remove injustice far from your tents
The condition "if you remove injustice far from your tents" highlights the necessity of ethical living as part of repentance. The word "injustice" comes from the Hebrew "avel," which encompasses wrongdoing, unrighteousness, and moral corruption. The phrase "far from your tents" suggests a thorough cleansing of one's personal and familial life. In ancient times, the tent was a symbol of one's household and personal domain. This call to remove injustice is a call to holiness, urging believers to live lives that reflect God's righteousness in every aspect of their daily existence.

(23) Thou shalt put away iniquity.--All this implies the imputation of apostasy and iniquity to Job.

Verse 23. - If thou shalt return to the Almighty. Eliphaz, like Bildad in Job 8:5, and Zophar in Job 11:13, taxes Job with having fallen away from God, almost with having apostatized. All his prophecies of future prosperity rest upon the assumption that Job, having fallen away, is now about to turn to God, repent of his misdoings, and be again received with favour. Thou shall be built up; i.e. "restored, re-established! Thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles (comp. Job 11:14, where Zophar implies that Job's tents have ill-gotten gains concealed in them).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you return
תָּשׁ֣וּב (tā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to
עַד־ (‘a·ḏō·ša-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the Almighty,
שַׁ֭דַּי (day)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7706: The Almighty

you will be restored.
תִּבָּנֶ֑ה (tib·bā·neh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

If you remove
תַּרְחִ֥יק (tar·ḥîq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

injustice
עַ֝וְלָ֗ה (‘aw·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

from your tents
מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃ (mê·’ā·ho·le·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 168: A tent


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