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NASB | Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 22:23 "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, |
Subject: Who is they in Job 22:28?. |
Bible Note: Just to add a thought... this situation in the book of Job - where false comforters ended up wrongly judging Job - is a good object lesson for Christians today. Rather than jumping to the conclusion that someone who is suffering greatly must have brought these things upon themselves - or even worse, is a retribution from God - is simply not for us imperfect humans to judge. While Christians realize we reap what we sow, we also realize that some misfortunes don't necessarily mean that we are personally responsible for them. We are all subject to the ill effects of inherited sin Rom 5:3 (The Amplified Bible) "Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men [no one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all men sinned." Certianly we would never blame someone for coming down with ALS, IBD, Parkinson's Disease, etc. May we all show true comfort to anyone we know who may be dealing with chronic illnesses or is otherwise down (perhaps from unemployment, family problems, natural disasters, etc). We can imitate the One who sets the greatest example. 2 Cor 1:3,4 (The Amplified Bible) "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercies) and the God [Who is the Source] of every consolation and comfort and encouragement. Who consoles and comforts and encourages us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to console (comfort and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the consolation (comfort and encouragement) with which we ourselves are consoled and comforted and encouraged by God." Amen. |