King James Version
Job 22:26 in the King James Version says “For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.”
Job 22:26 · KJV
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
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. defence: or, gold plenty: Heb. silver of strength
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“For then shalt thou have thy delight”
H6026to be soft or pliable, i.e., (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
“and shalt lift up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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