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Job 22:28

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

KJV

Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.

Vulgate

ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.

LXX

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

ASV

וְֽ/תִגְזַר א֭וֹמֶר וְ/יָ֣קָם לָ֑/ךְ וְ/עַל דְּ֝רָכֶ֗י/ךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֹ֑מֶר
'mr
noun · 6×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יַגִּ֥יהַּ
ygyh
verb · 6×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
נִגְזַ֖ר
ngzr
verb · 13×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
  • Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
  • Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
  • Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
  • John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Lam 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Matt 21:22 — And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
  • Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Prov 16:3 — Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
  • Prov 28:2 — For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
  • Ps 20:4 — Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
  • Ps 37:5 — Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
  • Ps 90:17 — And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
  • Ps 90:17 — And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
  • Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 112:4 — Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.