New English Translation
Job 22:29
29When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;
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 fulfill your vows to him. 28Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. When people are brought low and you say ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast; 30he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape 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 calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
- Psalms 9:2I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
- Psalms 91:14The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
- Psalms 92:9Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!
- Proverbs 29:23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:9Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
- James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.
- Isaiah 66:2My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
- Ezekiel 21:26this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!
- Luke 1:52He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;
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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