Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
- BSB Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- NKJV “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.
- NASB ¶“Be reconciled with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.
- NLT “Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz urges Job to submit to God and be at peace, promising good will follow. The counsel sounds godly but rests on the false premise that Job is estranged from God.
Overview
Eliphaz calls Job to reconcile with God and find peace, language that beautifully anticipates the gospel call to be at peace with God (Rom 5:1). The advice in itself is true and gracious. Yet it wrongly assumes Job is alienated by unconfessed sin. The verse shows how even sound spiritual counsel can wound when built on a misjudgment of the person.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- Isa 27:5Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
- Ps 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
- Phil 4:7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- Eph 2:14–17For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
- 2 Cor 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Acts 10:36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Matt 5:25Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
- Isa 57:19–21I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
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