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Job 5:11
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He sets the lowly on high,and mourners are lifted to safety.
So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
He makes the humble person important and lifts the sad to places of safety.
he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation.
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,And those who mourn are lifted to salvation.
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
He protects the sorrowful and lifts up those who have been disgraced.
He raises the lowly on high and lifts mourners to safety.
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
He raises up the humble and makes sad people happy.
To set up on high those that are lowly; and the meek shall be exalted by salvation.
Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.
to set the lowly on high, and those mourning are lifted to safety.
to set the lowly on high; yea, the mourners become very high in safety;
which setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuynesse:
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauinesse may be exalted to saluation.
So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
To set vp on high those that be low; that those which mourne, may be exalted to safetie.
who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.
Which settith meke men an hiy, and reisith with helthe hem that morenen.
So that he sets up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.
He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
He puts those who are in low places up to high places. Those who are filled with sorrow are lifted to where they are safe.
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
set up: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 91:14, Psalms 107:41, Ezekiel 17:24, Luke 1:52, Luke 1:53
those: Luke 6:21, James 1:9, James 4:6-10, 1 Peter 5:10
exalted: Deuteronomy 33:27, 1 Peter 1:3
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:14 - General 1 Samuel 23:17 - shall not Psalms 65:9 - greatly Psalms 68:10 - thou Psalms 113:7 - raiseth Ecclesiastes 4:14 - For out Ecclesiastes 9:11 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
To set up on high those that be low,.... Not the low plants, which, through rain, are made to run up on high, though there is a truth in that; but husbandmen and gardeners, and such like persons, in low circumstances, who, by means of showers of rain, which make their gardens, fields, and lands fruitful, are raised to enjoy good estates, and large possessions:
that those which mourn may be exalted to safety; or "are black" l, that are clothed in black, as a token of mourning; or whose faces are black with famine, see Lamentations 4:8; or are in very distressed circumstances, and black through poverty, as the Targum, and mourn over and grieve at their sad and deplorable case; those, through rain and fruitful seasons, are brought out of such an uncomfortable situation, and put into a better condition of life, where they are as in a fortress, out of the reach of such sad calamities: some connect the words with the following, that in order to do this, to raise up the humble and exalt mourners, "he disappoints the devices of the crafty", c. Job 5:12.
l קדרים "denigrati", Montanus, Bolducius "atrati", Cocceius, Schmidt, Michaelis; "pullati", Pagninus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Beza "sordidati", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
To 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 is detailing the result of his own observation, and stating the reasons which he had observed for putting confidence in God; and the meaning here is, that he had so often seen this done as to show that God was the friend of the humble and the poor. This sentiment was afterward expressed with great beauty by Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus:
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.
Luke 1:52-53.
That those which mourn may be exalted to safety - Or rather, they who mourn are exalted to a place of safety, The sense is, that God did this; and that, therefore, there was ground of confidence in him. The word rendered “those which mourn” קדרים qoderı̂ym is from קדר qâdar, to be turbid or foul as a torrent, Job 6:16; hence, to go about in filthy garments, like mourners, to mourn. The general sense of the Hebrew word, as in Arabic, is to be squalid, dark, filthy, dusky, obscure; and hence, it denotes those who are afflicted, which is its sense here. The Septuagint renders it, ἀπολώλοτας apolōlotas, “the lost,” or those who are perished. The sense is plain. God raises up the bowed down, the oppressed, and the afflicted. Eliphaz undoubtedly referred to instances which had come under his own observation, when persons who had been in very depressed circumstances, had been raised up to situations of comfort, honor, and safety: and that in a manner which was a manifest interposition of his Providence. From this he argued that those who were in circumstances of great trial, should put their trust in him. Cases of this kind often occur; and a careful observation of the dealings of God with the afflicted, would undoubtedly furnish materials for an argument like that on which Eliphaz relied in this instance.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 5:11. To 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.
