Apologetics Bible

Job 22:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'eliyfaz-hatemaniy-vayo'mar

KJV: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

AKJV: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

ASV: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

YLT: And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

Exposition: Job 22:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:2

Hebrew

הַלְאֵל יִסְכָּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

hale'el-yisekhan-gaver-khiy-yisekhon-'aleymvo-mashekhiyl

KJV: Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

AKJV: Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

ASV: Can a man be profitable unto God?

YLT: To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

Exposition: Job 22:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:3

Hebrew

הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

hachefetz-leshaday-khiy-titzedaq-ve'im-vetza'-khiy-tatem-derakheykha

KJV: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

AKJV: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?

ASV: Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?

YLT: Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

Exposition: Job 22:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:4

Hebrew

הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

hamiyire'atekha-yokhiychekha-yavvo'-'imekha-vamishefat

KJV: Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

AKJV: Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?

ASV: Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,

YLT: Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

Exposition: Job 22:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:5

Hebrew

הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

halo'-ra'atekha-ravah-ve'eyn-qetz-la'avnoteykha

KJV: Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

AKJV: Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?

ASV: Is not thy wickedness great?

YLT: Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

Exposition: Job 22:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:6

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

khiy-tachevol-'acheykha-chinam-vvigedey-'arvmiym-tafeshiyt

KJV: For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

AKJV: For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

ASV: For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought,

YLT: For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

Exposition: Job 22:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:7

Hebrew

לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

lo'-mayim-'ayef-tasheqeh-vmera'ev-timena'-lachem

KJV: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

AKJV: You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

ASV: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,

YLT: Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

Exposition: Job 22:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:8

Hebrew

וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃

ve'iysh-zervo'a-lvo-ha'aretz-vneshv'-faniym-yeshev-vah

KJV: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

AKJV: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.

ASV: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth;

YLT: As to the man of arm--he hath the earth, And the accepted of face--he dwelleth in it.

Exposition: Job 22:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:9

Hebrew

אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

'alemanvot-shilacheta-reyqam-vzero'vot-yetomiym-yedukha'

KJV: Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

AKJV: You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

ASV: Thou hast sent widows away empty,

YLT: Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

Exposition: Job 22:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:10

Hebrew

עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִֽיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

'al-khen-seviyvvoteykha-fachiym-viyvahelekha-fachad-fite'om

KJV: Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

AKJV: Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;

ASV: Therefore snares are round about thee,

YLT: Therefore round about thee are snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

Exposition: Job 22:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:11

Hebrew

אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

'vo-choshekhe-lo'-tire'eh-veshife'at-mayim-tekhasekha

KJV: Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

AKJV: Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.

ASV: Or darkness, so that thou canst not see,

YLT: Or darkness--thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Exposition: Job 22:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:12

Hebrew

הֲ‍ֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

halo'-'elvoha-govah-shamayim-vre'eh-ro'sh-khvokhaviym-khiy-ramv

KJV: Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

AKJV: Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

ASV: Is not God in the height of heaven?

YLT: Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

Exposition: Job 22:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:13

Hebrew

וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

ve'amareta-mah-yada'-'el-have'ad-'arafel-yishefvot

KJV: And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

AKJV: And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

ASV: And thou sayest, What doth God know?

YLT: And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Exposition: Job 22:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:14

Hebrew

עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

'aviym-seter-lvo-velo'-yire'eh-vechvg-shamayim-yitehalakhe

KJV: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

AKJV: Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

ASV: Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;

YLT: Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Exposition: Job 22:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:15

Hebrew

הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

ha'orach-'volam-tishemor-'asher-darekhv-metey-'aven

KJV: Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

AKJV: Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

ASV: Wilt thou keep the old way

YLT: The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

Exposition: Job 22:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:16

Hebrew

אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

'asher-qumetv-velo'-'et-nahar-yvtzaq-yesvodam

KJV: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

AKJV: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:

ASV: Who were snatched away before their time,

YLT: Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Exposition: Job 22:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:17

Hebrew

הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃

ha'omeriym-la'el-svr-mimenv-vmah-yife'al-shaday-lamvo

KJV: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

AKJV: Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

ASV: Who said unto God, Depart from us;

YLT: Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

Exposition: Job 22:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:18

Hebrew

וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

vehv'-mile'-vateyhem-tvov-va'atzat-resha'iym-rachaqah-meniy

KJV: Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

AKJV: Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

ASV: Yet he filled their houses with good things:

YLT: And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Exposition: Job 22:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:19

Hebrew

יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃

yire'v-tzadiyqiym-veyishemachv-venaqiy-yile'ag-lamvo

KJV: The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

AKJV: The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

ASV: The righteous see it, and are glad;

YLT: See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

Exposition: Job 22:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:20

Hebrew

אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

'im-lo'-nikhechad-qiymanv-veyiteram-'akhelah-'esh

KJV: Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

AKJV: Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

ASV: Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,

YLT: `Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

Exposition: Job 22:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:21

Hebrew

הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃

hasekhen-na'-'imvo-vshelm-vahem-tevvo'atekha-tvovah

KJV: Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

AKJV: Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.

ASV: Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:

YLT: Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

Exposition: Job 22:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:22

Hebrew

קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃

qach-na'-mifiyv-tvorah-veshiym-'amarayv-vilevavekha

KJV: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

AKJV: Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

ASV: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,

YLT: Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

Exposition: Job 22:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:23

Hebrew

אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃

'im-tashvv-'ad-shaday-tivaneh-tarechiyq-'avelah-me'aholekha

KJV: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

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

ASV: If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,

YLT: If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

Exposition: Job 22:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:24

Hebrew

וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּבְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃

veshiyt-'al-'afar-vatzer-vvetzvr-nechaliym-'vofiyr

KJV: Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

AKJV: Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

ASV: And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,

YLT: So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

Exposition: Job 22:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:25

Hebrew

וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃

vehayah-shaday-vetzareykha-vekhesef-tvo'afvot-lakhe

KJV: Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

AKJV: Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

ASV: And the Almighty will be thy treasure,

YLT: And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.

Exposition: Job 22:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:26

Hebrew

כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

khiy-'az-'al-shaday-tite'anag-vetisha'-'el-'elvoha-faneykha

KJV: For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

AKJV: For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

ASV: For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,

YLT: For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

Exposition: Job 22:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:27

Hebrew

תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

ta'etiyr-'elayv-veyishema'ekha-vnedareykha-teshalem

KJV: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

AKJV: You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

ASV: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee;

YLT: Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

Exposition: Job 22:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:28

Hebrew

וְֽתִגְזַר־אוֹמֶר וְיָקָם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃

vetigezar-'vomer-veyaqam-lakhe-ve'al-derakheykha-nagah-'vor

KJV: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

AKJV: You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.

ASV: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee;

YLT: And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

Exposition: Job 22:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:29

Hebrew

כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

khiy-hishefiylv-vato'mer-gevah-veshach-'eynayim-yvoshi'a

KJV: When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

AKJV: When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

ASV: When they casttheedown, thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

YLT: For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Exposition: Job 22:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 22:30

Hebrew

יֽ͏ְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

yemalet-'iy-naqiy-venimelat-vevor-khafeykha

KJV: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

AKJV: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.

ASV: He will deliverevenhim that is not innocent:

YLT: He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

Exposition: Job 22:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.