God’s Word Translation
Job 5:11
11He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
Job 5:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- New International Version (NIV)The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Context of Job 5:11
9He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count. 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety. 12He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully. 13He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:11 word by word
לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 5:11
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.
- Psalms 91:14Because you love me, I will rescue you. I will protect you because you know my name.
- Psalms 107:41But now he lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.
- Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees in the field will know that I am the Lord. I cut down tall trees, and I make small trees grow tall. I dry up green trees, and I make dry trees grow. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.’ ”
- Luke 1:52He pulled strong rulers from their thrones. He honored humble people.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are those who are hungry. They will be satisfied. Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh.
- James 1:9Humble believers should be proud because being humble makes them important.
- James 4:6But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says, “God opposes arrogant people, but he is kind to humble people.”
- 1 Peter 5:10God, who shows you his kindness and who has called you through Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, strengthen you, make you strong, and support you as you suffer for a little while.
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your shelter, and his everlasting arms support you. He will force your enemies out of your way and tell you to destroy them.
- 1 Peter 1:3Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! God has given us a new birth because of his great mercy. We have been born into a new life that has a confidence which is alive because Jesus Christ has come back to life.
Commentaries on Job 5:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11To set up on high those that be low - He so distributes his providential blessings without partiality, that the land of the poor man is as well sunned and watered as that of the rich; so that he is thus set upon a level with the lords of the soil.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11To set up on high - That is, who sets up on high; or God exalts those who are low. From the works of nature, Eliphaz passes to the dealings of God with people, as designed to show that he was worthy of confidence. The first proof is, that he showed himself to be the friend of the humble and the afflicted, and often exalted those who were in lowly circumstances, in a manner which evinced his direct interposition. It is to be remembered here, that Eliphaz…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 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, and therefore born to trouble…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16Eliphaz praised God as the creator and and the one who sustains the universe who performs wonders (5:9–10). He also praised God as the righteous judge who humbles the powerful and honors poor people (5:11–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Connected with Job 5:9. His "unsearchable" dealings are with a view to raise the humble and abase the proud (Lu 1:52). Therefore Job ought to turn humbly to Him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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