When people are brought low ¹  and you say ‘Lift them up!’ ²  then he will save the downcast; ³ 

biblegateway Job 22:29

"When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save.

When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift them up," God will save the humble.

When others are discouraged, you will say, ‘Cheer up!’ Then he will save the humble person.

biblegateway Job 22:29

When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

For when they are humbled you say, 'It is because of pride'; but he saves the lowly.

bibleoremus Job 22:29

When others are humiliated, you say it is pride; for he saves the humble.

but God brings down the pride of the haughty and keeps safe those who are humble.

biblegateway Job 22:29

When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come !’ Then He will save the humble person .

When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

biblegateway Job 22:29

When people are brought low ¹  and you say ‘Lift them up!’ ²  then he will save the downcast; ³ 

¹ tn There is no expressed subject here, and so the verb is taken as a passive voice again.

² 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].

³ tn Or “humble”; Heb “the lowly of eyes.”