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Job 22:21 Strong Concordance Acquaint [05532] now thyself with him, and be at peace [07999]: thereby good [02896] shall come [0935] unto thee.
  King James Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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).
 
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8 For [1063] bodily [4984] exercise [1129] profiteth [2076] little [4314] [3641]: but [1161] godliness [2150] is [2076] profitable unto [4314] all things [3956], having [2192] promise [1860] of the life [2222] that now is [3568], and [2532] of that which is to come [3195].
20 And [2532], having made peace [1517] through [1223] the blood [129] of his [846] cross [4716], by [1223] him [846] to reconcile [604] all things [3956] unto [1519] himself [846]; by [1223] him [846], I say, whether [1535] they be things in [1909] earth [1093], or [1535] things in [1722] heaven [3772].
1 Therefore [3767] being justified [1344] by [1537] faith [4102], we have [2192] peace [1515] with [4314] God [2316] through [1223] our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
27 Depart [05493] from evil [07451], and do [06213] good [02896]; and dwell [07931] for evermore [05769].
1 Therefore [3767] being justified [1344] by [1537] faith [4102], we have [2192] peace [1515] with [4314] God [2316] through [1223] our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
24 Then shalt thou lay up [07896] gold [01220] as [05921] dust [06083], and the gold of Ophir [0211] as the stones [06697] of the brooks [05158].
25 Yea, the Almighty [07706] shall be thy defence [01220], and thou shalt have plenty [08443] of silver [03701].
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight [06026] in the Almighty [07706], and shalt lift up [05375] thy face [06440] unto God [0433].
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer [06279] unto him, and he shall hear [08085] thee, and thou shalt pay [07999] thy vows [05088].
28 Thou shalt also decree [01504] a thing [0562], and it shall be established [06965] unto thee: and the light [0216] shall shine [05050] upon thy ways [01870].
29 When men are cast down [08213], then thou shalt say [0559], There is lifting up [01466]; and he shall save [03467] the humble [07807] person [05869].
30 He shall deliver [04422] the island [0336] of the innocent [05355]: and it is delivered [04422] by the pureness [01252] of thine hands [03709].
21 Acquaint [05532] now thyself with him, and be at peace [07999]: thereby good [02896] shall come [0935] unto thee.
22 Receive [03947], I pray thee, the law [08451] from his mouth [06310], and lay up [07760] his words [0561] in thine heart [03824].
23 If thou return [07725] to the Almighty [07706], thou shalt be built up [01129], thou shalt put away [07368] iniquity [05766] far [07368] from thy tabernacles [0168].
7 Behold, therefore I will bring [0935] strangers [02114] upon thee, the terrible [06184] of the nations [01471]: and they shall draw [07324] their swords [02719] against the beauty [03308] of thy wisdom [02451], and they shall defile [02490] thy brightness [03314].
4 In his hand [03027] are the deep places [04278] of the earth [0776]: the strength [08443] of the hills [02022] is his also.
4 In his hand [03027] are the deep places [04278] of the earth [0776]: the strength [08443] of the hills [02022] is his also.
8 God [0410] brought him forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]; he hath as it were the strength [08443] of an unicorn [07214]: he shall eat up [0398] the nations [01471] his enemies [06862], and shall break [01633] their bones [06106], and pierce [04272] them through with his arrows [02671].
22 God [0410] brought them out [03318] of Egypt [04714]; he hath as it were the strength [08443] of an unicorn [07214].
4 In his hand [03027] are the deep places [04278] of the earth [0776]: the strength [08443] of the hills [02022] is his also.
12 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; As the shepherd [07462] taketh out [05337] of the mouth [06310] of the lion [0738] two [08147] legs [03767], or a piece [0915] of an ear [0241]; so shall the children [01121] of Israel [03478] be taken out [05337] that dwell [03427] in Samaria [08111] in the corner [06285] of a bed [04296], and in Damascus [01833] in a couch [06210].
20 In that day [03117] a man [0120] shall cast [07993] his idols [0457] of silver [03701], and his idols [0457] of gold [02091], which they made each one for himself [06213] to worship [07812], to the moles [02661] [06512] and to the bats [05847];
24 Then shalt thou lay up [07896] gold [01220] as [05921] dust [06083], and the gold of Ophir [0211] as the stones [06697] of the brooks [05158].
24 Then shalt thou lay up [07896] gold [01220] as [05921] dust [06083], and the gold of Ophir [0211] as the stones [06697] of the brooks [05158].
13 If thou prepare [03559] thine heart [03820], and stretch [06566] out thine hands [03709] toward him;
5 If thou wouldest seek [07836] unto God [0410] betimes [07836], and make thy supplication [02603] to the Almighty [07706];
14 If iniquity [0205] be in thine hand [03027], put it far away [07368], and let not wickedness [05766] dwell [07931] in thy tabernacles [0168].
23 If thou return [07725] to the Almighty [07706], thou shalt be built up [01129], thou shalt put away [07368] iniquity [05766] far [07368] from thy tabernacles [0168].
7 And I will cause the captivity [07622] of Judah [03063] and the captivity [07622] of Israel [03478] to return [07725], and will build [01129] them, as at the first [07223].
6 For I will set [07760] mine eyes [05869] upon them for good [02896], and I will bring them again [07725] to this land [0776]: and I will build [01129] them, and not pull them down [02040]; and I will plant [05193] them, and not pluck them up [05428].
15 And now we call [0833] the proud [02086] happy [0833]; yea, they that work [06213] wickedness [07564] are set up [01129]; yea, they that tempt [0974] God [0430] are even delivered [04422].
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build [01129] the old [05769] waste places [02723]: thou shalt raise up [06965] the foundations [04146] of many [01755] generations [01755]; and thou shalt be called [07121], The repairer [01443] of the breach [06556], The restorer [07725] of paths [05410] to dwell in [03427].
14 Behold, he breaketh down [02040], and it cannot be built again [01129]: he shutteth up [05462] a man [0376], and there can be no opening [06605].
19 Because he hath oppressed [07533] and hath forsaken [05800] the poor [01800]; because he hath violently taken away [01497] an house [01004] which he builded [01129] not;
24 Surely, shall one say [0559], in the LORD [03068] have I righteousness [06666] and strength [05797]: even to him shall men come [0935]; and all that are incensed [02734] against him shall be ashamed [0954].
22 And the LORD [03068] shall smite [05062] Egypt [04714]: he shall smite [05062] and heal [07495] it: and they shall return [07725] even to the LORD [03068], and he shall be intreated [06279] of them, and shall heal [07495] them.
23 If thou return [07725] to the Almighty [07706], thou shalt be built up [01129], thou shalt put away [07368] iniquity [05766] far [07368] from thy tabernacles [0168].
6 For the LORD [03068] giveth [05414] wisdom [02451]: out of his mouth [06310] cometh knowledge [01847] and understanding [08394].
22 Receive [03947], I pray thee, the law [08451] from his mouth [06310], and lay up [07760] his words [0561] in thine heart [03824].
11 Are the consolations [08575] of God [0410] small [04592] with thee? is there any secret [0328] thing [01697] with thee?
16 O Lord [0136], by these things men live [02421], and in all these things is the life [02416] of my spirit [07307]: so wilt thou recover [02492] me, and make me to live [02421].
16 O Lord [0136], by these things men live [02421], and in all these things is the life [02416] of my spirit [07307]: so wilt thou recover [02492] me, and make me to live [02421].
18 So she discovered [01540] her whoredoms [08457], and discovered [01540] her nakedness [06172]: then my mind [05315] was alienated [03363] from her, like as my mind [05315] was alienated [05361] from her sister [0269].
4 For since the beginning of the world [05769] men have not heard [08085], nor perceived by the ear [0238], neither hath the eye [05869] seen [07200], O God [0430], beside [02108] thee, what he hath prepared [06213] for him that waiteth [02442] for him.
3 And ye shall go out [03318] at the breaches [06556], every [0802] cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast [07993] them into the palace [02038], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
26 I am distressed [06887] for thee, my brother [0251] Jonathan [03083]: very [03966] pleasant [05276] hast thou been unto me: thy love [0160] to me was wonderful [06381], passing the love [0160] of women [0802].
17 And the city [05892] shall be accursed [02764], even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD [03068]: only Rahab [07343] the harlot [02181] shall live [02421], she and all that are with her in the house [01004], because she hid [02244] the messengers [04397] that we sent [07971].
20 For she doted [05689] upon their paramours [06370], whose flesh [01320] is as the flesh [01320] of asses [02543], and whose issue [02231] is like the issue [02231] of horses [05483].
20 Wisdom [02454] crieth [07442] without [02351]; she uttereth [05414] her voice [06963] in the streets [07339]:
19 That say [0559], Let him make speed [04116], and hasten [02363] his work [04639], that we may see [07200] it: and let the counsel [06098] of the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478] draw nigh [07126] and come [0935], that we may know [03045] it!
34 For in very deed [0199], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] liveth [02416], which hath kept me back [04513] from hurting [07489] thee, except [03884] thou hadst hasted [04116] and come [0935] to meet [07125] me, surely there had not been left [03498] unto Nabal [05037] by the morning [01242] light [0216] any that pisseth [08366] against the wall [07023].
16 And for the precious things [04022] of the earth [0776] and fulness [04393] thereof, and for the good will [07522] of him that dwelt [07931] in the bush [05572]: let the blessing come [0935] upon the head [07218] of Joseph [03130], and upon the top of the head [06936] of him that was separated [05139] from his brethren [0251].
21 Acquaint [05532] now thyself with him, and be at peace [07999]: thereby good [02896] shall come [0935] unto thee.
4 So shalt thou find [04672] favour [02580] and good [02896] understanding [07922] in the sight [05869] of God [0430] and man [0120].
30 And the ass [0860] said [0559] unto Balaam [01109], Am not I thine ass [0860], upon which thou hast ridden [07392] ever since I was thine unto this day [03117]? was I ever [05532] wont [05532] to do so [06213] unto thee? And he said [0559], Nay.
3 Thou compassest [02219] my path [0734] and my lying down [07252], and art acquainted [05532] with all my ways [01870].
2 Can a man [01397] be profitable [05532] unto God [0410], as [03588] he that is wise [07919] may be profitable [05532] unto himself?