Job 22:21

“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace, etc.] Not with the righteous and innocent, but with God, as (<182222>Job 22:22-30) show: from severe charges and censures, Eliphaz proceeds to advice and exhortations, and seems to be in a better temper, and to talk in a more kind and gentle manner, only he goes upon a false supposition and mistaken notion, that Job was a bad man; had he had a proper object to have directed his discourse to, it would have been excellently said; and, as it is, is not without its use: this first exhortation supposes unacquaintance with God, and an estrangedness from him; which is the case of every man from the womb, and in a state of nature and unregeneracy.…”

“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 (Psa 37:27). peace--prosperity and restoration to Job; true spiritually also to us (Rom 5:1; Col 1:20). good-- (Ti1 4:8).”

“Acquaint now thyself with him - Margin, that is, “with God.” Eliphaz takes it for granted now, that Job was a sinner wholly unreconciled to God, and unacquainted with him. This fact, he supposes, was the source of all his calamities. As long as he remained thus unreconciled to God, he must be miserable. He proceeds, therefore, in a most beautiful manner, to exhort him to be at peace with God, and portrays the benefits which would result from such a reconciliation. There are few passages in the Bible of more exquisite beauty than this, and nothing could be sounder advice, on the supposition that Job was, as he supposed, a stranger to God. In this beautiful exhortation, be shows: (1) what he…”

“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. Job 22:22”

“Acquaint: Ch1 28:9; Joh 17:3; Co2 4:6 him: that is, God be at peace: Isa 27:5, Isa 57:19-21; Mat 5:25; Act 10:36; Co2 5:20; Phi 4:7; Eph 2:14-17 Job 22:22”

“21 Make friends now with Him, so hast thou peace; Thereby good will come unto thee. 22 Receive now teaching from His mouth, And place His utterances in thy heart. 23 If thou returnest to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up again; If thou puttest away iniquity far from thy tents. 24 And lay by in the dust the gold ore, And under the pebbles of the brooks the gold of Ophir. 25 So shall the Almighty be to thee gold ore in abundance, And silver to thee of the brightest lustre. The relationship of the verbs סכן, שׁכן, and Arab. sakana, has been already discussed on Job 22:2 : the Hiph. signifies to be on friendly terms with any one; to enter into, or to stand in, an intimate relationship to any…”