Job 22:27
in Job 22You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
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ASV
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
KJV
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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This verse in Job 22
Commentary
11 notes on this verseThou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee. For they make their prayer to God, but never obtain to be listened to, who set at nought the precepts of the Lord, when He enjoins them. Whence it is written, He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. So long then as Eliphaz believed that blessed Job was not heard, he determined that that person had surely done wrong in his practice. And hence he adds further, And thou shalt pay thy vows.
This site's exposition
delight in the Almighty
on Job 22:26-28
Eliphaz describes restored fellowship in devotional language: "You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows". Davidson notes the passage reads almost as a forecast of chapter 42, prayer heard and a word carried out, though spoken on the wrong occasion.
This site's exposition
You will pray to Him, and He will hear you
Henry and Wesley note that the word pray speaks of prayers multiplied. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the vows as made in prayer and fulfilled when God hears. Eliphaz ties the promise to a return to the Almighty.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
From this contemplation you will get confidence in having recourse to him, and so he then says, "You will ask him." This will not be without result and so the text says, "and he will hear you." Those whom God has heard usually fulfill the …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
. [1.] "Thou shalt by prayer send letters to God: Thou shalt make thy prayer " (the word is, Thou shalt multiply thy prayers) "unto him, and he will not think thy letters troublesome, though many and long. The oftener we come to the throne of grace the more welcome.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+odd-straight-quotes
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Make - The word is, thou shalt multiply thy prayer. Under all thy burdens, in all thy wants, cares and fears, thou shalt send to heaven for wisdom, strength and comfort.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
(Isa 58:9, 14). pay thy vows--which thou hast promised to God in the event of thy prayers being heard: God will give thee occasion to pay the former, by hearing the latter.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him - תעתיר tatir, thou shalt open or unbosom thyself. And when the heart prays, God hears; and the person, being blessed, vows fidelity, prays on, is supported, and enabled to pay his vows.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him - God would then hear him, for he would be righteous. This was one of the blessings which would follow reconciliation. It is, in fact, one of the blessings of a return to God. He hears the cry of his people, and answers their supplications.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּעְתִּ֣יר | ta'tir | you will pray | H6279 → | |
| אֵ֭לָיו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ | veyishmaeka | and he will hear you | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ | unedareikha | and vows your | H5088 → | |
| תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ | teshalem | you will pay | H7999 → | 116 times |
תַּעְתִּ֣ירyou will pray
ta'tirH6279 →
אֵ֭לָיוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּand he will hear you
veyishmaekaH8085 →1159 times
וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָand vows your
unedareikhaH5088 →
תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃you will pay
teshalemH7999 →116 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
it leads to
- Isaiah 65:24
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Psalms 138:7
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- Isaiah 65:24
Through
Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
it leads to
- 1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
- Psalms 66:19–20
But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- 1 John 4:19
Through
Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
About Job
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on A. B. Davidson, The Book of Job, Cambridge Bible; Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.