Job 22:23
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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