Passage Research
Job 22 — Sermon Preparation
Eliphaz levels specific accusations at Job — exploiting the poor, stripping the naked, withholding water — and urges him to return to God. Below is a research summary for Job 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 210 / 150
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Job 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁדַּי | Shadday | H7706 | 5 | Almighty |
| סָכַן | çâkan | H5532 | 3 | be familiar, minister |
| בֶּצֶר | betser | H1220 | 2 | clipping, gold |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 4 | see |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 3 | strength, mighty |
| נָקִי | nâqîy | H5355 | 2 | innocent |
| רָחַק | râchaq | H7368 | 2 | widen, recede |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Job 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 22:5–14 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ophir— Job 22:24
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