29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. …
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-30)Methinks I can almost forgive Eliphaz his hard censures of Job, which we had in the beginning of the chapter, though they were very unjust and unkind, for this good counsel and encouragement which he gives him in these verses with which he closes his discourse, and than which nothing could be better said, nor more to the purpose. Though he thought him a bad man, yet he saw reason to have hopes con…
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