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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.
- 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.
- 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 pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. 28What you decide on will be done, 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 one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
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כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 22:29
- Job 5:19From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:14“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
- Psalms 92:9For surely your enemies, Lord, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
- Proverbs 29:23Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Luke 14:11For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
- James 4:6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.
- Isaiah 66:2Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
- Ezekiel 21:26this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the 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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