You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
- BSB You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- NKJV You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.
- NASB “You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.
- NLT You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz promises that Job's prayers will be heard and answered, and he will fulfill his vows. Renewed fellowship brings answered prayer.
Overview
Eliphaz assures Job of effective prayer once he is right with God (cf. Ps 66:18; John 9:31). The principle that God hears the prayers of the upright is biblically sound. Yet Job has continued to pray and cry out to God throughout his suffering. The verse rightly describes the privilege of answered prayer while resting on a mistaken diagnosis of Job's condition.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Isa 58:9Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
- 1 Jn 5:14–15This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
- Ps 116:1I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- Ps 50:14–15Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
- Ps 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Job 33:26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
- Ps 66:17–20I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
- Ps 66:13–14I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
- Job 34:28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
- Eccl 5:4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
- Ps 116:14I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
- Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
- Ps 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
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