Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart and keep them.
New American Standard Bible
And establish His words in your heart.
King James Version
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Holman Bible
and place His sayings
International Standard Version
Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart.
A Conservative Version
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
American Standard Version
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
Bible in Basic English
Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.
Darby Translation
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Julia Smith Translation
Take now the law from his mouth, and set his words in thy heart
King James 2000
Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
Modern King James verseion
Please receive the Law from His mouth and lay up His words in your heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
NET Bible
Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.
New Heart English Bible
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
The Emphasized Bible
Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.
Webster
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
World English Bible
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
21
“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace;
In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you.
“Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart and keep them.
“If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored];
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
Names
Cross References
Job 23:12
“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Psalm 119:11
Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
“Now, O Israel, listen and pay attention to the statutes and the judgments (God’s legal decisions) which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be [written] on your heart and mind.
Proverbs 2:1-9
And treasure my commandments within you,
Proverbs 4:4
He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4:21
Do not let them escape from your sight;
Keep them in the center of your heart.
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found and I ate them,
And Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
Matthew 12:35
Matthew 13:52
He said to them,
Luke 2:19
But Mary treasured all these things, giving careful thought to them and pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
He went down to Nazareth with them, and was continually submissive and obedient to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation].