Job 22:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמּ֑וֹ וּשְׁלם בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥ טוֹבָֽה׃

Transliteration

hasken-nāʾ ʿimmô û-šəlām bāhem təbôʾatkā ṭôbâ

Grammar Details

• *hasken-nāʾ*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - be familiar, please
• *ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *û-šəlām*: conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and be at peace
• *bāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - by them
• *təbôʾatkā*: noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your good
• *ṭôbâ*: adjective, feminine singular - good

Word Meanings

• *hasken*: to be familiar with/acquainted with/reconciled to
• *ʿimmô*: with him
• *šəlām*: to be at peace/be safe/be complete
• *təbôʾatkā*: your gain/what comes to you/your prosperity
• *ṭôbâ*: good/pleasant/agreeable

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
• Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
• Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
• Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ:(he is Lord of all:)
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
• Eph 2:14-17 : 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.