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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]

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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.”

27 You will pray to him,(A) and he will hear you,(B)
    and you will fulfill your vows.(C)
28 What you decide on will be done,(D)
    and light(E) will shine on your ways.(F)
29 When people are brought low(G) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(H)

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