| Geneva Study Bible Acquaint now thyself {q} with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. (q) He exhorts Job to repentance, and to return to God. Wesley's Notes 22:21 Him - With God, renew thy acquaintance with God by prayer, and repentance for all thy sins, and true humiliation under his hand, and hearty compliance with all his commands, and diligent care to serve and enjoy him. It is our honour, that we are made capable of this acquaintance, our misery that by sin we have lost it; our privilege, that through Christ we may return to it; and our unspeakable advantage, to renew and cultivate it. And be at peace - At peace with God, and at peace with thyself, not fretful or uneasy. Good shall come unto thee - All the good thou canst desire, temporal, spiritual, eternal. King James Translators' Notes him: that is, God Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 21. Eliphaz takes it for granted, Job is not yet "acquainted" with God; literally, "become a companion of God." Turn with familiar confidence to God. and be-So thou shalt be: the second imperatively expresses the consequence of obeying the first (Ps 37:27). peace-prosperity and restoration to Job; true spiritually also to us (Ro 5:1; Col 1:20). good-(1Ti 4:8). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. | 
