New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 22:29
29When 1they have brought you low, you will speak with 2confidence, And He will save the 34humble person.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person.
Context of Job 22:29
27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows. 28You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. When they have brought you low, you will speak with confidence, And He will save the humble person. 30He will rescue one who is not innocent, And he will be rescued due to 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
Cross-references for Job 22:29
- Job 5:19In six troubles He will save you; Even in seven, evil will not touch you.
- Psalms 9:2I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:14“Because he has loved Me, I will save him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
- Psalms 92:9For, behold, Your enemies, Lord, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do injustice will be scattered.
- Proverbs 29:23A person’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order 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 the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:9Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
- James 4:6But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God is opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
- Psalms 138:6For the Lord is exalted, Yet He looks after the lowly, But He knows the haughty from afar.
- Isaiah 66:2For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.
- Ezekiel 21:26this is what the Lord God says: ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.
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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