Job 22:29

For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride [hath done it]; but those of lowly eyes [God] will help.

Leeser Tanakh

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

28And if thou decree a thing, it will be fulfilled unto thee; and upon thy ways the light will shine.

30He will even deliver him who is not guiltless: and thou wilt be delivered by the purity of thy hands.

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Cross References

Job 5:19In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Psalms 91:14Because he hath fixed his desire upon me, therefore will I release him: I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name.

Psalms 138:6For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.

Isaiah 57:15For thus hath said the high and lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, In the high and holy place do I dwell, yet also with the contrite and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Ezekiel 21:26(21:31) Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this shall not be always so; exalt him that is low, and make him low that is high.

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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