Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
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.
Amplified
“Please receive the law and instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart and keep them.
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.
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 "Therefore reconcile thee unto God, and be content, so shall all things prosper with thee right well. 22 Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling:
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Cross References
Job 23:12
I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.
Psalm 119:11
Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
And now hearken, Israel, unto the ordinances and laws which I teach you, for to do them: that ye may live and go and conquer the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
Proverbs 2:1-9
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,
Proverbs 4:4
he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them even in the midst of thine heart.
Jeremiah 15:16
When I had found thy words, I ate them up greedily: they have made my heart joyful and glad, for I call upon thy name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Matthew 12:35
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all those sayings, and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
And he went with them, and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Furthermore, we beseech you brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that ye increase more and more, even as ye have received of us, how ye ought to walk and to please God.