He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted.
Parallel translations
- WEB He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- KJV He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
- BSB He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- NASB “He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
- NLT He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.
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Quick answer
God keeps His eye on the righteous and can exalt them to lasting honor, even with kings. He watches over and elevates His own.
Overview
Elihu teaches that God's attentive care rests on the righteous, whom He can establish in enduring honor. This reflects the biblical theme that God lifts the lowly to places of dignity (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7-8). It points forward to the exaltation of the redeemed, who in Christ are made a royal priesthood and will reign with Him (Rev. 5:10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 34:15Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- 1 Sam 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
- Ps 113:7–8He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- Job 42:12So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
- Esth 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
- 1 Pet 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- Job 1:3His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Gen 41:40You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”
- Gen 23:6“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”
- Ps 112:7–10He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
- 2 Sam 7:13–16He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 2 Chr 16:9For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
- Ps 78:70–72He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
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