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Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

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Treasure God, Not Gold

Commentators overwhelmingly agree that Eliphaz is urging Job to change his relationship with wealth. The imagery of laying treasure 'in the dust' and treating the finest gold 'among the stones of the brooks' is a powerful call to devalue material possessions. The core message is to stop trusting in riches for security and instead place one's ultimate hope and value in God.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Job 22:24

18th Century

Theologian

Then you shall lay up gold as dust - Margin, or, “on the dust.” Dr. Good renders this, “You shall then count your treasure as dust”…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Job 22:24

19th Century

Bishop

The gold of Ophir.—And, moreover, this signifies that the wealth for which he was so famous among the children of the East was the…

John Gill

John Gill

On Job 22:24

17th Century

Pastor

Then you shall lay up gold as dust
Have such plenty of it, as not to be counted:

and the [gold] o…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Job 22:21–30

17th Century

Minister

The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had previously not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. …