Job 22:28

New Living Translation

You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.

Parallel Translations

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Contemporary English Version
He will do whatever you ask, and life will be bright.

Complete Jewish Bible
what you decide to do will succeed, and light will shine on your path;

Darby Translation
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

Easy-to-Read Version
If you decide to do something, it will be successful. And your future will be very bright!

American Standard Version
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Bible in Basic English
Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shal establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light shall shine upon your ways.

Good News Translation
You will succeed in all you do, and light will shine on your path.

English Standard Version
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

Christian Standard Bible®
When you make a decision, it will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

New International Version (1984)
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

New American Standard Bible
"You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.

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

Amplified Bible
"You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And the light [of God's favor] will shine upon your ways.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

World English Bible
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

Lexham English Bible
And you will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Literal Translation
You shall also decide a thing, and it will stand for you; and light shall shine on your ways.

New Century Version
Anything you decide will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

New English Translation
Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

New International Version
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

New King James Version
You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt deme a thing, and it schal come to thee; and lyyt schal schyne in thi weies.

New Revised Standard
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt decree a purpose, and it shall be fulfilled unto thee, and, upon thy ways, shall have shone a light;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

Revised Standard Version
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The, loke what thou takest in honde, he shal make it to prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in thy wayes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

New Life Bible
You will decide something, and it will be done for you. Light will shine on your path.

Update Bible Version
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you; And light shall shine on your ways.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.

Contextual Overview

²¹ "Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you. ²² Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart. ²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life. ²⁴ If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river, ²⁵ the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver! ²⁶ "Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God. ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him. ²⁸ You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you. ²⁹ If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,' God will save them. ³⁰ Even sinners will be rescued; they will be rescued because your hands are pure."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

decree: Psalms 20:4, Psalms 90:17, Lamentations 3:37, Matthew 21:22, James 4:15

the light: Job 29:3, Psalms 97:11, Psalms 112:4, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 30:21, Malachi 4:2, John 8:12

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:10 - God granted Psalms 37:5 - and Proverbs 16:3 - thy thoughts Proverbs 28:2 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,.... Strictly speaking, this is only true of God, whose decrees are unfrustrable, whose counsel shall stand, and the thoughts of his heart be established to all generations; and frequently so it is, according to an usual saying, man appoints, but God disappoints; this may be understood of Job, either as a civil magistrate, that he should decree a thing in a court of judicature with so much wisdom and equity, that it should stand firm and sure, and, though made on earth, should be ratified in heaven, as the decrees and doctrines of the apostles of Christ are said to be, Matthew 16:19; see Proverbs 8:15; or, as a private man in civil affairs, signifying that he should be so guided by the Lord, and prospered and succeeded in all his ways and works, that what he determined to do, and formed a scheme for the execution of, it should be brought about and confirmed; he committing his ways to the Lord, his thoughts should be established, or his purposes and designs effected, see Psalms 1:3; or rather as a praying man; and so it agrees with what goes before, that he should lift up his voice to God, and pray unto him with success, and have just occasion to praise him, or pay his vows to him, since he should have the desires of his heart; whatever was upon his mind, and he prayed in faith for, he should have it; as Elijah prayed, both that it might not rain, and that it might rain, and both were according to his word, or the decree of his lips in prayer: see 1 Kings 17:1;

and the light shall shine upon thy ways; which is the reason of all things prospering and succeeding, and being established according to his wish and will; the light of grace shining in him, to put him upon and instruct him in denying and avoiding that which is sinful, and doing that which was just and good; and the light of the word without him, being a light unto his feet, and a lamp to his paths, to guide and direct him, and especially the light of God's favour and blessing on him, succeeding him in all his ways and works, and making them prosperous.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee - Thou shalt form a purpose or plan, and it shall not be frustrated. It shall not be opposed by the events of divine Providence, but whatever you undertake shall prosper.

And the light shall shine upon thy ways - Thou shalt be prospered in all things, instead of being overtaken with calamity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 22:28. Thou shalt also decree a thing — Whatsoever thou purposest in his strength, thou shalt be enabled to accomplish.