Bible Strands
Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Job within a structured discourse on repentance, positioned between a command to internalize divine instruction and a directive to renounce material wealth.
The words — תָּשׁוּב (ta.shuv) means "you will return," and תִּבָּנֶה (ti.baneh) means "you will be built up," establishing the verse's conditional structure.
The thread — The conditional appeal to turn toward God appears in Job 8:5 and Job 11:13, where earnest seeking and heart direction are paired with mercy, and aligns with Zechariah 1:3's reciprocal command to return.
Why it lands — The text demands a concrete shift in allegiance and conduct, promising structural restoration only when injustice is cleared from one's domestic sphere.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Cross-references
- Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- 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.’
- Job 8:5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Hosea 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Joshua 7:13 Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
- Zechariah 5:3 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
- Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,