Job 22:29

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.

30He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt 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 91:14'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.

Psalms 138:6For though the LORD be high, yet regardeth He the lowly, and the haughty He knoweth from afar.

Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Ezekiel 21:26(21-31) thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased.

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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