Job 22 · Verse 27

Job 22:27

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Job 22:27, King James Version

Job 22:27 in other translations

BSBYou will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
WEBYou will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
ASVThou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
YLTThou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
DARBYThou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
BBEYou will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
WebsterThou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

What does Job 22:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. (Is 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:21-30

The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though, as to Job, it was built upon a false supposition that he was a stranger and enemy to God. Let us beware of slandering our brethren; and if it be our lot to suffer in this manner, let us remember how Job was treated; yea, how…

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Job 22:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תַּעְתִּ֣ירta'.Tiryou will prayH6279
אֵ֭לָיו'E.lavto himH413
וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּve.yish.ma.'E.kaand he will hear youH8085
וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָu.ne.da.Rei.khaand vows yourH5088
תְשַׁלֵּֽם\׃te.sha.Lemyou will payH7999

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 22:27

  • Isaiah 58:9

    Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

  • 1 John 5:14-15

    And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

  • Psalms 116:1

    I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

  • Psalms 91:15

    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • Psalms 50:14-15

    Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Job 33:26

    He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

  • Psalms 66:17-20

    I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

  • Psalms 66:13-14

    I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

  • Jonah 2:9

    But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

  • Psalms 116:14

    I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

  • Psalms 56:12

    Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
make thy.
Ps 50:14,15; 66:17,18-20; 91:15; 116:1; Isa 58:9; 1Jo 5:14,15
pay thy.
Ps 56:12; 66:13,14; 116:14; Ec 5:4; Jon 2:9

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Context

  • Job 22:26

    For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

  • Job 22:27

    Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

  • Job 22:28

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

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Job 22:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Orarás á él, y él te oirá; y tú pagarás tus votos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu le supplieras et il t’entendra, et tu acquitteras tes vœux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du wirst zu ihm beten, und er wird dich erhören; und deine Gelübde wirst du bezahlen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.