Job 5:11
So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'
Job 8:7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
Psalms 107:41Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I the LORD have spoken and have done 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 →