Job 5:11
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
Bible in Basic English
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 on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
Job 8:7And though your start was small, your end will be very great.
Psalms 107:41But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock.
Ezekiel 17:24And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.
Luke 6:21Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.
James 4:6But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
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 →