JOB 22:29 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) People are humbled and then honoured again,
⇔ ≈and he will save those who humble themselves.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτὸν, καὶ ἐρεῖς, ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.
(Hoti etapeinōsas seauton, kai ereis, huperaʸfaneusato, kai kufonta ofthalmois sōsei. )

BrTr Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

ULT When they cast down and you say, ‘Lifting up!’
⇔ then he will save the lowered of eyes.

UST People may cause great difficulties for you.
⇔ But when you pray and humbly ask God to help you,
⇔ he will save you.

BSB When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
⇔ then He will save the lowly.

OEB For He humbles the high and the proud;
⇔ But whose eyes are lowly He saveth.

WEBBE When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’
⇔ He will save the humble person.

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV For they have made low,
And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.

FBV When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.

T4T God humbles those who are proud,
⇔ but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.

LEB • [fn] ‘ It is pride,’ for[fn] he saves [fn]

22:1 Literally “and you say,” or “then you say”

22:1 Hebrew “and”

22:1 Literally “downward of eyes”

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

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JPS When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.

ASV When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
⇔ And the humble person he will save.

DRA For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

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

Drby When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

RV When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.

Wbstr When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.

KJB-1769 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.[fn]
(When men are cast down, then thou/you shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. )

22.29 the humble…: Heb. him that hath low eyes

KJB-1611 [fn]When men are cast downe, then thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and he shall saue the humble person.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

22:29 Heb. him that hath lowe eyes.

Bshps When the wicked be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
(When the wicked be cast down, thou/you shalt say, I am lifted up: and God shall save the humble person.)

Gnva When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
(When others are cast down, then shalt thou/you say, I am lifted up: and God shall save the humble person. )

Cvdl For who so humbleth himself, him shal he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed.
(For who so humbleth himself, him shall he set up: and who so looketh/looks meekly, shall be healed.)

Wycl For he that is mekid, schal be in glorie; and he that bowith doun hise iyen, schal be saued.
(For he that is mekid, shall be in glory; and he that bowith down his eyes, shall be saved.)

Luth Denn die sich demütigen, die erhöhet er; und wer seine Augen niederschlägt, der wird genesen.
(Because the itself/yourself/themselves demütigen, the erhöhet er; and who his Augen niederschlägt, the/of_the becomes genesen.)

ClVg Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.[fn]
(Who because humiliatus has_been, will_be in gloria, and who inclinaverit oculos, exactly_that/himself will_saveur. )

22.29 Qui enim humiliatus. Quia qui se humiliat, exaltabitur. Et qui. Quantum per membrorum ministerium deprehendi potest, prima ostensio superbiæ in oculis esse solet.

22.29 Who because humiliatus. Because who se humiliat, exaltabitur. And qui. Quantum through membrorum ministerium deprehendi potest, the_first ostensio superbiæ in oculis esse solet.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַ⁠תֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה

humiliated and=she/it_said pride

Eliphaz is speaking as if people might literally cast Job down, that is, throw him down from a height or throw him onto the ground. He is also speaking as if Job might ask God to lift him up from where people had thrown him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you are in difficult circumstances and you say, ‘Help me!’”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ

humiliated

Here, they is an indefinite pronoun that does not have a specific referent in the immediate context. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this with an equivalent expression that does not use an indefinite pronoun. Alternate translation: “when you are cast down”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠תֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה

and=she/it_said pride

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “and you ask God to lift you up”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

יוֹשִֽׁעַ

save

The pronoun he refers to God. Eliphaz is talking about the results of prayer, as he described in verse 27. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “God will save”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וְ⁠שַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם

and,humble eyes

Job is using the adjective phrase the lowered of eyes as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “then … the person who has lowered his eyes” or “then … the who is looking down”

Note 6 topic: translate-symaction

וְ⁠שַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם

and,humble eyes

In this culture, lowering one’s eyes was a symbolic action that indicated that one was in difficult circumstances and felt humbled by them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “then … the person who is humbled by being in difficult circumstances”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

וְ⁠שַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם

and,humble eyes

Eliphaz is speaking about Job in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: “then … you from the difficult circumstances that have humbled you”

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