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Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God?

Job 22:26

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
KJV
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
WEB
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
ASV
For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
LSV
For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, || And lift up your face to God,
YLT
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
DBY
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:Eloah
DRC
Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
GNV
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
JPS
Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
LXXE
Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Εἶτα παῤῥησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  • Isaiah 58:14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  • Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
  • Job 11:15then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
  • Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  • Psalms 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
  • 1 John 3:20–21Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
  • Song of Songs 2:3Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  • Psalms 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
  • Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
  • Psalms 25:1To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

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