Job 22:29

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Young's Literal Translation

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 thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

30He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

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Cross References

Job 5:19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

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

Psalms 138:6For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

Isaiah 57:15For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, 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 the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This — not this — the low make high, And the high make low.

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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