24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
24 if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
24 Relax your grip on your money and abandon your gold-plated luxury.
24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
24 If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 22:24
Commentary on Job 22:21-30
(Read Job 22:21-30)
The answer of Eliphaz wrongly implied that Job had hitherto not known God, and that prosperity in this life would follow his sincere conversion. The counsel Eliphaz here gives is good, though, as to Job, it was built upon a false supposition that he was a stranger and enemy to God. Let us beware of slandering our brethren; and if it be our lot to suffer in this manner, let us remember how Job was treated; yea, how Jesus was reviled, that we may be patient. Let us examine whether there may not be some colour for the slander, and walk watchfully, so as to be clear of all appearances of evil.