Job 22:27-29

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Job 22:27 tn The words “to him” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
2. Job 22:28 tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.
3. Job 22:29 tn There is no expressed subject here, and so the verb is taken as a passive voice again.
4. 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].
5. Job 22:29 tn Or “humble”; Heb “the lowly of eyes.”