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20 ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed,
    and what remained of their wealth has been consumed by fire.’[a]

If You Return to the Almighty . . .

21 “Come to terms with God and be reconciled.
    In this way good fortune will come to you.
22 Accept the instruction from his lips
    and keep his words in your heart.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:20 Fire: moving beyond the allusion to the flood, the speaker expands his horizon to include a description of the destiny in store for all sinners.
  2. Job 22:22 Job responds to this verse in the next chapter (Job 23:12). Keep his words in your heart: see note on Ps 119:11.