Job 22:29

When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

In Context

28Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

30He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

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Cross References

Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Psalms 91:14Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name.

Psalms 138:6For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.

Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

Ezekiel 21:26thus says lord LORD: Remove the miter, and take off the crown. This [shall be] no more the same. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

Luke 1:52He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.

Matthew Henry on Job 22:22-30

The Good Counsel of Eliphaz; Encouragements to Return to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have… Read the whole commentary →

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