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Job 22:27-29
New English Translation
Job 22:27-29
New English Translation
27 You will pray to him and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows to him.[a]
28 Whatever you decide on[b] a matter,
it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
29 When people are brought low[c] and you say,
‘Lift them up!’[d]
then he will save the downcast;[e]
Footnotes
- Job 22:27 tn The words “to him” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
- Job 22:28 tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.
- Job 22:29 tn There is no expressed subject here, and so the verb is taken as a passive voice again.
- Job 22:29 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].
- Job 22:29 tn Or “humble”; Heb “the lowly of eyes.”
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