King James Version
Job 22:22 in the King James Version says “Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.”
Job 22:22 · KJV
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. substance: or, estate the remnant: or, their excellency
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. him: that is, God
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. as dust: or, on the dust
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“from his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“I pray thee the law”
H8451a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
“and lay up”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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