James 4:6

4:6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” ¹ 

Job 22:29

22:29 When people are brought low ²  and you say

‘Lift them up!’ ³ 

then he will save the downcast; ⁴ 

¹ sn A quotation from Prov 3:34.

² tn There is no expressed subject here, and so the verb is taken as a passive voice again.

³ tn The word גֵּוָה (gevah) means “loftiness; pride.” Here it simply says “up,” or “pride.” The rest is paraphrased. Of the many suggestions, the following provide a sampling: “It is because of pride” (ESV), “he abases pride” (H. H. Rowley); “[he abases] the lofty and the proud” (Beer); “[he abases] the word of pride” [Duhm]; “[he abases] the haughtiness of pride” [Fohrer and others]; “[he abases] the one who speaks proudly” [Weiser]; “[he abases] the one who boasts in pride” [Kissane]; and “God [abases] pride” [Budde, Gray].

⁴ tn Or “humble”; Heb “the lowly of eyes.”