Job 5:11
who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
Brenton Septuagint
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, sending water on the earth:
12frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27And the rule of God shall protect thee, and that under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, saying, Perish.
Job 8:7Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.
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 →