Job 5:11
He exalts the humble, and rescues those who mourn.
Free Bible 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 to the earth and sends water to the fields.
12He frustrates the plans of the cunning so that they are unsuccessful.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your home, and he holds you up with his everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy ahead of you, and gives the order, “Destroy him!”
Job 8:7Though you began with next to nothing, you will end up with so much!
Psalms 107:41But he lifts the poor out of their troubles, and makes their families as big as flocks.
Ezekiel 17:24All the trees in the countryside will know that I am the Lord. I can bring down the tall and have the low tree grow tall. I can make the green tree dry up, and make the withered tree become green again. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.”
Luke 6:21“How happy are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. How happy are you who are hungry now, for you will eat all you need. How happy are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh.
James 4:6But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are 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 →