Job 5:11
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
Job 8:7Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
Psalms 107:41And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.
James 4:6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, and giveth 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 →