Tree of Life Version
Job 5:11
11Who places the lowly on high and lifts mourners to salvation.
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
9Who does great things beyond comprehension, wonders without number. 10Who gives rain to the earth and sends water over the plains. Who places the lowly on high and lifts mourners to salvation. 12Who frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands attain no success. 13Who catches the clever in their craftiness, and thwarts the plan of the cunning.
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 2:7Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.
- Psalms 91:14“Because he has devoted his love to Me, I will deliver him. I will set him securely on high, because he knows My Name.
- Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy high above affliction, and makes their families like a flock.
- Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I, Adonai, have brought down the high tree, exalted the lowly tree, dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree flourish. I, Adonai, have spoken and I will do it.”
- Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted humble ones.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
- James 1:9But let the brother in humble circumstances boast in his high position—
- James 4:6But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:10After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who has called you into His eternal glory in Messiah—will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
- Deuteronomy 33:27A refuge is the ancient God, and underneath are everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy!’
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah! In His great mercy He caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua from the dead.
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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