Job 5:11 KJV
Job · chapter 5 · verse 11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.Job 5:11 · King James Version
Job 5:11 in context
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exaltedsâgabto be lofty, especially inaccessibleH7682 →
- mournqâdarto be ashyH6937 →
- highmârôwmaltitudeH4791 →
- lowshâphâldepressed, literally or figurativelyH8217 →
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Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-16