Job 22:29

For they have made low, || And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.

Literal Standard 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

28And you decree a saying, || And it is established to you, || And light has shone on your ways.

30He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, || Indeed, he has been delivered || By the cleanness of your hands.”

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Cross References

Job 5:19In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.

Psalms 91:14Because he has delighted in Me, || I also deliver him—I set him on high, || Because he has known My Name.

Psalms 138:6For YHWH [is] high, and He sees the lowly, || And He knows the haughty from afar.

Isaiah 57:15For thus said the high and exalted One, || Inhabiting eternity, and His Name [is] holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, || And with the bruised and humble of spirit, || To revive the spirit of the humble, || And to revive the heart of bruised ones,

Ezekiel 21:26Thus said Lord YHWH: Turn aside the turban, and carry away the crown, || This—not this—make high the low, || And make low the high.

Luke 1:52He brought down the mighty from thrones, || And He exalted the lowly,

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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