Job 5:11
He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
Catholic Public Domain 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
10He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
12He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27His habitation is above, and the everlasting arms are below. He shall cast out the enemy before your face, and he shall say: ‘Be utterly broken!’
Job 8:7so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the regions will know that I, the Lord, have brought low the sublime tree, and have exalted the lowly tree, and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and acted.”
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.
James 4:6But he gives a greater grace. Therefore he says: “God resists the arrogant, but he gives grace to the humble.”
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 →