Job 5:11
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder his armes thou art for euer: hee shall cast out the enemie before thee, and will say, Destroy them.
Job 8:7And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
Psalms 107:41Yet he raiseth vp the poore out of miserie, and maketh him families like a flocke of sheepe.
Ezekiel 17:24And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lord haue brought downe the hie tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dried vp the greene tree, and made the drie tree to florish: I the Lord haue spoken it, and haue done it.
Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfied: blessed are ye that weepe now: for ye shall laugh.
James 4:6But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth 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 →