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Job 22:24–26

24  if you lay gold in hthe dust,

and gold of iOphir among the stones of the torrent-bed,

25  then the Almighty will be your gold

and your precious silver.

26  For then you jwill delight yourself in the Almighty

and klift up your face to God.

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Job 22:24–26 — The New International Version (NIV)

24 and assign your nuggets to the dust,

your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

25 then the Almighty will be your gold,

the choicest silver for you.

26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty

and will lift up your face to God.

Job 22:24–26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,

And the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence,

And thou shalt have plenty of silver.

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,

And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:24–26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

24 If you give up your lust for money

and throw your precious gold into the river,

25 the Almighty himself will be your treasure.

He will be your precious silver!

26 “Then you will take delight in the Almighty

and look up to God.

Job 22:24–26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold

And your precious silver;

26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,

And lift up your face to God.

Job 22:24–26 — New Century Version (NCV)

24 Throw your gold nuggets into the dust

and your fine gold among the rocks in the ravines.

25 Then the Almighty will be your gold

and the best silver for you.

26 You will find pleasure in the Almighty,

and you will look up to him.

Job 22:24–26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

24 And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure,

And precious silver unto thee.

26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty,

And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:24–26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

24 And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents, 25 Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; 26 Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto †God:

Job 22:24–26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

24 and lay your gold down in the dust, 

and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers, 

25 then the Almighty will become your gold 

and your large supply of silver. 

26 Then you will be happy with the Almighty 

and look up toward God. 

Job 22:24–26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

24 and consign your gold to the dust,

the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

25 the Almighty will be your gold

and your finest silver.

26 Then you will delight in the Almighty

and lift up your face to God.

Job 22:24–26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

24 if you treat gold like dust,

and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed,

25 and if the Almighty is your gold

and your precious silver,

26 then you will delight yourself in the Almighty,

and lift up your face to God.

Job 22:24–26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

24 and if you put gold ore in the dust,

and the gold of Ophir in the rock of wadis,

25 then Shaddai will be your gold ore

and your precious silver.

26 Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai,

and you will expect that God will be good to you.

Job 22:24–26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

24 You must throw your gold nuggets away.

You must toss your gold from Ophir into a valley.

25 Then the Mighty One himself will be your gold.

He’ll be like the finest silver to you.

26 You will find delight in the Mighty One.

You will honor God and trust in him.

Job 22:24–26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

24 And place your gold in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

25 Then the Almighty will be your gold

And choice silver to you.

26 “For then you will delight in the Almighty

And lift up your face to God.


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