Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job 5:11 in other translations
| BSB | He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. |
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| WEB | so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety. |
| ASV | So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. |
| YLT | To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety. |
| DARBY | Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity. |
| BBE | Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place; |
| Webster | To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety. |
What does Job 5:11 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:6-16
Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin…
Job 5:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 5:11
- Psalms 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
- Luke 6:21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- 1 Samuel 2:7-8
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- Luke 1:52-53
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Psalms 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
- Ezekiel 17:24
And 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- James 4:6-10
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. …
- Psalms 91:14
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
- James 1:9
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
- 1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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Context
- Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job 5:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que pone los humildes en altura, y los enlutados son levantados á salud: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Plaçant en haut ceux qui sont abaissés; et ceux qui sont en deuil sont élevés au bonheur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | um Niedrige in die Höhe zu setzen, und Trauernde steigen empor zum Glück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate; |