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Verse Job 22:21. _ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM_] Perhaps the verb
_hasken_ should be translated here, _treasure up_, or _lay up_. _Lay_
_up_ or procure an _interest now with him, and be at peace_. Ge...
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ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM - Margin, that is, “with God.”
Eliphaz takes it for granted now, that Job was a sinner wholly
unreconciled to God, and unacquainted with him. This fact, he
supposes, was...
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THE THIRD SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES
CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz
_ 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1)_
2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6)
3. The omniscience of God and the ways...
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JOB 22. THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. The only new thing that Eliphaz has
to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness
makes him end with bright promises.
JOB 22:1. Is it not to Job...
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ACQUAINT. This is the false theology of Eliphaz. Compare Job 42:8.
GOOD. blessing. Most codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and
UNTO. upon. Vulgate, read "thy gain shall be blessing"....
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The Third Circle of Speeches
In the first round of speeches the three friends exhausted the
argument from the general conception of God. In the second they
exhausted the argument from the operation o...
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DISCOURSE: 473
ACQUAINTANCE WITH GOD
Job 22:21. _Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace_.
IN estimating the characters and conduct of men, we must make great
allowance for their prejudices an...
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ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF, &C.— _Humble thyself, I pray thee, before him,
and make restitution._ Heath....
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4. Repent, and restoration will be certain. (Job 22:21-30)
TEXT 22:21-30
21 ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE:
Thereby good shall come onto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from...
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_ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE: THEREBY GOOD SHALL
COME UNTO THEE._
Eliphaz takes it for granted, Job is not yet 'acquainted' with God;
literally, become a companion of God. Turn wit...
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22:21 him, (g-5) i.e. God....
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THE LAST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ
1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not
answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since
He has nothing to gain or lose...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 22
ELIPHAZ’S LAST SPEECH
G...
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ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM. — As he himself had done in Job 5,
and as Zophar had done in Job 11, Eliphaz proceeds to give Job some
good advice. “Thereby good shall come unto thee,” or “Thereby
shal...
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הַסְכֶּן ־נָ֣א עִמֹּ֑ו וּ שְׁלם
בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבֹואַתְךָ֥ טֹובָֽה׃...
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XIX.
DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR
Job 22:1
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate
between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say
in...
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“ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD”
Job 22:1
Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech
altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an _enumeration of Job's
fancied misdeeds,_ Job 22:1....
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Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is
the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he
made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he mad...
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Acquaint now thyself (q) with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
(q) He exhorts Job to repentance, and to return to God....
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(21) В¶ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good
shall come unto thee. (22) Receive, I pray thee, the law from his
mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
There is a great deal...
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_SPIRITUAL ACQUAINTANCE_
‘Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.’
Job 22:21
I. WE MAY LEARN MUCH OF GOD IN NATURE.—Everywhere the world is
beautiful—sea and sky, wave and grass, flower an...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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ACQUAINT NOW THYSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE,.... Not with the
righteous and innocent, but with God, as Job 22:22 show: from severe
charges and censures, Eliphaz proceeds to advice and exhortations,...
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_Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee._
Ver. 21. _Acquaint now thyself with him_] _Accommoda te nunc illi,
assuesce cum illo._ Converse with God in a humb...
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_Acquaint now thyself with him_ That is, with God, as appears both
from Job 22:23, where he is expressed, and from the nature of the
matter in hand, there being no other way to happiness. Renew thy
ac...
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Acquaint now thyself with Him, make friends with the Lord while there
is yet time, AND BE AT PEACE; THEREBY GOOD SHALL COME UNTO THEE, Job
would again receive the blessing of the Lord if he would but...
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JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD
(vv.1-8)
Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and
exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a
question that it is well worth...
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HIM:
That is, with God...
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Here is. call to repent. Job needs to yield to God and the result will
be that Job will find peace....
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21-30 The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not
known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere
conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though, a...
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WITH HIM, i.e. with God, as appears both from JOB 22:23, where he is
expressed, and from the nature of the thing, there being no other way
to happiness. Renew thy acquaintance and converse with God by...
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Job 22:21 acquaint H5532 (H8685) peace H7999 (H8798) good H2896 come
H935 (H8799)
Acquaint - 1 Chronicles 28:9; John 17:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6
him - that is, God
be at peace - Isaiah 27:5, Is
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Job 22:21
I. Consider of what sort our knowledge of God must be. It is a
knowledge, not of comprehension, but of acquaintanceship. There are
three stages to be observed in a man's knowledge of God. (1...
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CONTENTS: Eliphaz's third discourse, accusing Job again of hypocrisy.
CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is the duty of those especially who are in affliction
to keep up a perfect acquain...
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Job 22:5. _Is not thy wickedness great?_ This speech of Eliphaz is
cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job
had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to it m...
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_Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace._
ACQUAINTANCE WITH GOD
I. What it is, or implies.
1. The knowledge of God’s character and attributes. All true
religion rests upon correct views of...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 22:21 When he urges Job to “AGREE WITH GOD,”
Eliphaz assumes that his own interpretation of Job’s circumstances
matches God’s viewpoint.
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_THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE_
Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges
him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present
sufferings; concludes with pro...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 22:1
Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first
strangely pointless and irrelevant, _e.g._ on the unprofitableness of
man to God (verses l, 2), and on the s...
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So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he
accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad
accusations. He said,
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise...
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1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 10:36;
Ephesians 2:14; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 57:19; John 17:3; Matthew 5:25;...
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Him — With God, renew thy acquaintance with God by prayer, and
repentance for all thy sins, and true humiliation under his hand, and
hearty compliance with all his commands, and diligent care to serve...