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Job 22:27-29

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22:27 You will pray to him and he will hear you,

and you will fulfill your vows to him. 1 

22:28 Whatever you decide 2  on a matter,

it will be established for you,

and light will shine on your ways.

22:29 When people are brought low 3  and you say

‘Lift them up!’ 4 

then he will save the downcast; 5 

1 tn The words “to him” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

2 tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.

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

4 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].

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



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