Job 22:25

Amplified Bible

And make the Almighty your gold And your precious silver,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the Almighty will be your goldand your finest silver.

Hebrew Names Version
The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.

King James Version
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

English Standard Version
then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.

New Century Version
Then the Almighty will be your gold and the best silver for you.

New English Translation
then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

New American Standard Bible
Then the Almighty will be your gold And abundant silver to you.

World English Bible
The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Almighty will be your goldAnd choice silver to you.

Berean Standard Bible
then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

Contemporary English Version
Let God All-Powerful be your silver and gold,

Complete Jewish Bible
and let Shaddai be your treasure and your sparkling silver;

Darby Translation
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

Easy-to-Read Version
And let God All-Powerful be your gold. Let him be your pile of silver.

George Lamsa Translation
Yea, God shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

Good News Translation
Let Almighty God be your gold, and let him be silver, piled high for you.

Lexham English Bible
then Shaddai will be your gold ore and your precious silver.

Literal Translation
Yea, the Almighty shall be your gold and silver, a tower to you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee the Allmightie his owne self shalbe thine haruest, & the heape of thy money.

American Standard Version
And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

Bible in Basic English
Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;

King James Version (1611)
Yea the Almightie shall bee thy defence, and thou shalt haue plenty of siluer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

English Revised Version
And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Almyyti God schal be ayens thin enemyes; and siluer schal be gaderid togidere to thee.

Update Bible Version
And the Almighty will be your treasure, And precious silver to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

New King James Version
Yes, the Almighty will be your gold Job 22:24. ">[fn] And your precious silver;

New Living Translation
the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver!

New Life Bible
Then the All-powerful will be your gold and silver of much worth.

New Revised Standard
and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall, the Almighty, become, thy precious ores, yea glittering silver unto thee!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

Revised Standard Version
and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver;

Young's Literal Translation
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the Almighty will be your gold And choice silver to you.

Contextual Overview

²¹"Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace; In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you. ²²"Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart and keep them. ²³"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, ²⁴And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value], ²⁵And make the Almighty your gold And your precious silver,²⁶Then you will have delight in the Almighty, And you will lift up your face to God. ²⁷"You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, And you will pay your vows. ²⁸"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. ²⁹"When you are cast down and humbled, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will lift up and save. ³⁰"He will even rescue the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; And he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Almighty: Genesis 15:1, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 84:11, Isaiah 41:10, Romans 8:31

defence: or, gold, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 16:6, Isaiah 33:6, 2 Corinthians 6:10, James 2:5

plenty of silver: Heb. silver of strength

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:27 - the king 2 Chronicles 1:15 - the king 2 Chronicles 9:27 - the king Job 3:15 - who filled their houses Job 42:10 - the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,.... In temporal things, secure the plenty of gold and silver possessed of; surround and protect by his providence, that there shall be no danger of the Sabeans and Chaldeans, or others, breaking in and stealing it away; and, in spirituals, preserve from all enemies, sin, Satan, and the world; be a wall of fire about him, his fortress, his tower, and place of defence; or keep him as in a garrison, through faith unto salvation; or, as others render the words, "and let the Almighty be", or "he shall be thy gold", or "golds" o; all thy gold, the same word being used as in

Job 22:24; treat earthly riches, gold and silver, with contempt, and reckon God to be thy truest riches: esteem him as gold, and more precious than that, and put thy confidence in him; his grace is compared to gold, for its lustre, value, and duration, and is more precious than gold that perisheth, Revelation 3:18; the righteousness of Christ is, for its excellency, called the gold of Ophir, and clothing of wrought gold, Psalms 45:9; and he himself is much more precious than the gold of Ophir, and the gain that comes by him than fine gold, Song of Solomon 5:11; the doctrines of the grace of God are comparable to gold, silver, and precious stones; yea, to be preferred unto them, 1 Corinthians 3:12. God is instead of all riches to his people; and they that have an interest in him share in the riches of grace, and are entitled to the riches of glory; all are theirs:

and thou shall have plenty of silver; or God shall be, or "let him be to thee silver of strength" p; or instead of silver, which is the strength of men, in which they confide for business or war; but God is to his people infinitely more than what silver or gold can be to them.

o בצריך "lectissimum aurum tuum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Vatablus, Schmidt, Schultens; so R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 23. 2. p וכסף תועפות לך "et argentum fortitudinum tibi", Montanus, Cocceius, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, the Almighty shall be - Or, rather, “then the Almighty shall be” - והיה y^ehâyâh. The meaning is, that if he would return to God, and cast off his anxiety for gold, “then” the Almighty would be his real treasure, and would impart to him solid happiness.

Thy defense - Margin, “gold.” The margin is the more correct translation. The word is the same which occurs in the previous verse בצר betser, and there rendered “gold.” The word may have the sense of “defense,” as the verb בצר bâtsar is often used with such a reference; Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 9:1, et al. The meaning of such places, where the word is applied to walled towns or fortified places, is, that the enemy was, by means of walls, “cut off” from approach. Here, however, the idea of “gold” or “treasure” better suits the connection, and the meaning is, that “God” would be to him an invaluable “treasure” or source of happiness.

And thou shalt have plenty of silver - Margin, “silver of strength.” The correct idea, however, is, “and the Almighty shall be treasures of silver unto thee;” that is, he shall be better to you than an abundance of the precious metals. The Hebrew is literally, “And silver of treasures unto thee.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 22:25. Thou shalt have plenty of silver. — Here again the versions and critics vary. The critics may disagree; but the doctrine of Eliphaz is sufficiently plain: "To those whom God loves best he gives the most earthly good. The rich and the great are his high favorites: the poor and the distressed he holds for his enemies."

In the above verses there seems to be a reference to the mode of obtaining the precious metals:

1. Gold in dust;

2. Gold in streams from the hills and mountains;

3. Silver in mines; כסף תועפות keseph toaphoth, "silver of giddiness," of mines so deep as to make one giddy by looking into them. See Mr. Good.