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Job 22:28
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses Job in chapter 22, placing this declaration between the preceding promise regarding answered prayer and the following promise concerning the deliverance of the lowly.
The words — The Hebrew תִּגְזַר (tigzar, "you may decide") and יָקָם (yakom, "it may be fulfilled") form the first clause, while נָגַהּ (nagah, "it will shine") paired with אור ('or, "light") completes the second.
The thread — The pattern of established plans and illuminated guidance runs through Psalms 20:4, Psalms 90:17, and Matthew 21:22.
Why it lands — The text states that resolved decisions will be enacted and clarity will follow, requiring the reader to align their own choices with the conditions that precede this promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Cross-references
- Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Psalms 90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
- Psalms 20:4 May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
- Isaiah 30:21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Lamentations 3:37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Job 29:3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Psalms 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.