Job 5:11
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
Darby Translation
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 giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27[Thy] refuge is the God of old, And underneath are the eternal arms; And he shall drive out the enemy from before thee, And shall say, Destroy [them]!
Job 8:7And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
Psalms 107:41But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like flocks.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].
Luke 6:21Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
James 4:6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, 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 →