What Does Job 22:25 Mean in the King James?

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Job 22:25 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Hebrew word rendered “defence” belongs to a word family that also names treasure, joining protection and abundance in one image.

THE MEANING

The verse holds two forms of security together: the Almighty as your defence, and plenty of silver. Its image places protection and abundance side by side, with the Almighty named as your stronghold.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It unsettles the belief that safety rests only on what you possess: the verse names the Almighty as your defence.

THE ROOT

בְּצָרֶיךָ

bəṣāreyḵā

GROWS FROM

בצר

b-ṣ-r

To enclose or cut off, making something inaccessible; this root family includes words for a fortress and for precious ore or gold.

The Hebrew word rendered “defence” belongs to a family that also names treasure. That shared root lets protection and material abundance resonate together in the verse.

ALSO GROWS

mibṣār: Fortress or stronghold

מִבְצָר

An enclosed place of protection echoes the verse’s image of the Almighty as defence.

beṣer: Ore or gold

בֶּצֶר

This branch links the root of “defence” with precious metal, bringing the verse’s protection and silver into the same word-field.

THE PATTERN

Scripture places refuge and provision in God, joining protection with abundance.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:1 · KJVGod is named as both shield and reward, holding protection and abundance together.

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1 · KJVGod is both refuge and strength when trouble presses in.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 · KJVProvision is pictured as flowing from God’s abundance.

THE THREAD

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Job 22:24 · KJV

The word translated “defence” in the next verse belongs to the same ⁨בצר⁩ (b-ṣ-r) word-family as “gold” here. The image turns from gold laid aside to the Almighty as defence, letting treasure and refuge meet in the same root.

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