“You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; 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.
- BSB Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
- NKJV You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So 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 21:22All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
- Ps 90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
- Ps 20:4May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
- Isa 30:21and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Prov 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
- John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Lam 3:37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
- Mal 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
- Job 29:3when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
- Jas 4:15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
- Ps 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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