English Standard Version
Job 22:29
29For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.
Job 22:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
- New International Version (NIV)When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.
Context of Job 22:29
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. 28You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly. 30He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
Read all of Job 22Job 22:29 word by word
כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:29
- Job 5:19He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:14"Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
- Psalms 92:9For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
- Proverbs 29:23One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
- Luke 18:9He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
- James 4:6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
- Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
- Isaiah 66:2All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
- Ezekiel 21:26thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted.
- Luke 1:52he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
Commentaries on Job 22:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29When men are cast down - There is a great difficulty in this verse; the sense, however, is tolerably evident, and the following is nearly a literal version: When they shall humble themselves, thou shalt say, Be exalted, or, there is exaltation: for the down-cast of eye he will save. The same sentiment as that of our Lord, "He that exalteth himself shall be abased; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-30Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29This difficult text probably shows how effective the prayer of a person in a right relationship with God can be. The idea appears throughout the Bible (Psalms 34:15, 17; 145:18; Proverbs 15:8, 29; James 5:16; see also Genesis 18:23–32; 19:29; 20:7, 17; 32:28; Exodus 9:28–32; 17:11; 32:10–14; Romans 5:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Rather, When (thy ways; from Job 22:28) are cast down (for a time), thou shalt (soon again have joyful cause to) say, There is lifting up (prosperity returns back to me) [Maurer]. he--God. humble--Hebrew, "him that is of low eyes." Eliphaz implies that Job is not so now in his affliction; therefore it continues: with this he contrasts the blessed effect of being humble under it (Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5 probably quote this passage). Therefore it is better, I…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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