Job 5:11
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
Noyes Bible
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 water upon the fields;
12Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
Cross References
Job 8:7So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
Psalms 107:41But he raiseth the poor from their affliction, And increaseth their families like a flock.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree; that I have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and will do it.
Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh.
James 4:6but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, “God resisteth the proud, but 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 →