Job 5:11
Who exalts the lowly, 1 And raises up them that are lost: 1
Updated 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, 1 Sending water on the earth: 1
12Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, 1 And their hands shall not perform the truth: 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27And the rule of God shall protect thee, 1 And that under the strength of the everlasting arms; 1 And he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, 1 Saying, Perish. 1
Job 8:7Though then thy beginning should be small, 1 Yet thy end should be unspeakably great. 1
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 →