Job 5:11
so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
In Context
10who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,
12He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.
Job 8:7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
Psalms 107:41Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes [him] families like a flock.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I, LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, LORD, have spoken and have done it.
Luke 6:21Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →