Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. New Living Translation You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you. English Standard Version You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. Berean Standard Bible Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. King James Bible Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. New King James Version You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. New American Standard Bible “You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. NASB 1995 “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. NASB 1977 “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. Legacy Standard Bible You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. Amplified Bible “You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways. Christian Standard Bible When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. Holman Christian Standard Bible When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. American Standard Version Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you will speak a word and it will happen to you, and upon your ways the light will dawn Brenton Septuagint Translation And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths. Contemporary English Version He will do whatever you ask, and life will be bright. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways. English Revised Version Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you promise to do something, you will succeed, and light will shine on your path. Good News Translation You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path. International Standard Version When you make a decision on something, it will be established for you, and light will brighten your way. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, And light shall shine upon thy ways. Literal Standard Version And you decree a saying, | And it is established to you, | And light has shone on your ways. Majority Standard Bible Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. New American Bible What you decide shall succeed for you, and upon your ways light shall shine. NET Bible Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. New Revised Standard Version You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. New Heart English Bible And you will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. World English Bible You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways. Young's Literal Translation And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz Exhorts Job…27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. 28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways. 29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.… Cross References Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.' Psalm 97:11 Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. Psalm 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright--for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. Treasury of Scripture You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways. decree Psalm 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. Psalm 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Lamentations 3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? the light Job 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; Psalm 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Psalm 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. Jump to Previous Decide Decree Established Light Matter Purposes Shine Shining Shone WaysJump to Next Decide Decree Established Light Matter Purposes Shine Shining Shone WaysJob 22 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God5. He accuses Job of various sins 21. He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy (28) Thou shalt also decree a thing.--As, for instance, in the memorable case of Abraham's intercession for Sodom, to which there is not improbably an allusion here.Verse 28. - Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. Whatever thou resolvest on, i.e., God shall ratify with his authority, and bring to pass in due time for thy benefit - a promise which has certainly "a touch of audacity" about it (Cook). David is less bold, but intends to give the same sort of encouragement when he says, "Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart; commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass (Psalm 37:4, 5). And the light shall shine upon thy ways. Job had complained of the "darkness" by which his path was shadowed (Job 19:8). Eliphaz promises that this cause of complaint shall be removed. Job's way shall be "made plain before his face." A bright light shall illumine it - a light that shall ever "shine more and more unto the perfect day" (Proverbs 4:18). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Your decisionsוְֽתִגְזַר־ (wə·ṯiḡ·zar-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1504: To cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide will be carried out, וְיָ֣קָם (wə·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand and light אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary will shine נָ֣גַֽהּ (nā·ḡah) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5050: To glitter, to illuminate on וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your ways. דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ (də·rā·ḵe·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Job 22:28 NIVJob 22:28 NLT Job 22:28 ESV Job 22:28 NASB Job 22:28 KJV Job 22:28 BibleApps.com Job 22:28 Biblia Paralela Job 22:28 Chinese Bible Job 22:28 French Bible Job 22:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 22:28 You shall also decree a thing (Jb) |
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