King James Version
Job 22:28 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.”
Job 22:28 · KJV
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.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. the humble: Heb. him that hath low eyes
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. He shall: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou shalt also decree”
H1504to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
“and it shall be established”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon thy ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“unto thee and the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
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