Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
- KJV Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- NKJV You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.
- NASB “You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.
- NLT You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz claims Job's purposes will succeed and light will shine on his paths. He promises prosperity and guidance to the restored man.
Overview
Eliphaz envisions a life of established plans and illuminated paths for the reconciled believer (cf. Ps 37:5-6). The imagery of light on one's way reflects God's blessing and guidance. While such blessing flows from walking with God, Eliphaz frames it as a mechanical reward, the very transactional thinking the book of Job critiques.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Matt 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Ps 90:17May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
- Ps 20:4May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
- Isa 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Lam 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Job 29:3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Jas 4:15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
- Ps 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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