Job 5:11

Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;

12Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:27Above, is the God of aforetime, And, beneath, are the Arms of the ages,—So he driveth before thee the foe, And doth say—Destroy!

Job 8:7So shall thy beginning appear small,—when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!

Psalms 107:41But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:—

Ezekiel 17:24So shall all the trees of the field know that I Yahweh Have laid low the high tree Have exalted the low tree, Have dried up the moist tree, And have caused to flourish the tree, that was dry,— I, Yahweh, have spoken, and performed.

Luke 6:21Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

James 4:6Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith—God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

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 →

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