Job 22:29

When people are brought low ¹  and you say ‘Lift them up!’ ²  then he will save the downcast; ³ 

biblegateway Job 22:29

When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

biblegateway Job 22:29

"When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save.

biblegateway Job 22:29

If someone is brought low and you say, ‘Help him up,’ God will save the downcast.

biblegateway Job 22:29

To those who feel low you'll say, 'Chin up! Be brave!' and God will save them.

SABDAweb Job 22:29

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

bibleoremus Job 22:29

When others are humiliated, you say it is pride; for he saves the humble.

biblegateway Job 22:29

When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come !’ Then He will save the humble person .

biblegateway Job 22:29

When people are brought low ¹  and you say ‘Lift them up!’ ²  then he will save the downcast; ³ 

¹ tn There is no expressed subject here, and so the verb is taken as a passive voice again.

² 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].

³ tn Or “humble”; Heb “the lowly of eyes.”