King James Version
Job 22:29 in the King James Version says “When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. the humble: Heb. ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. the humble: Heb. him that hath low eyes”
Job 22:29 · KJV
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. the humble: Heb. him that hath low eyes
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. He shall: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“When men are cast down”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
“person”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“and he shall save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
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