“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.”
"Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you." Eliphaz appeals directly to Job to submit to God. Agreement will bring peace and good. The verse is the friends' final offer of a way out—if Job accepts their theology and confesses guilt, restoration is possible.
Church Fathers on Job 22:21
Be at one then with Him, and be at peace; thereby thou shalt have the best fruits. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 20. There is the sin of pride in teaching one better than one’s self, which heretics are often guilty of, who touching things which they have wrong notions of, take upon them as if to instruct Catholics. For such they think are then ‘at one with God,’ if it chance for them to assent to their bad ways; and to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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