KJV King James Version
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
Surrounding context — Job 22
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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Isaiah 58:9Then 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 5:14-15And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:Psalm 116:1I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.Psalm 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.Psalm 50:14-15Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:Job 33:26He 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.Psalm 66:17-20I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.Ecclesiastes 5:4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.Psalm 66:13-14I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,Psalm 56:12Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.Psalm 116:14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
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