Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. New Living Translation He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer. English Standard Version he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. Berean Standard Bible He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. King James Bible To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. New King James Version He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. New American Standard Bible So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. NASB 1995 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. NASB 1977 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. Legacy Standard Bible So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to salvation. Amplified Bible So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And He lifts to safety those who mourn. Christian Standard Bible He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety. Holman Christian Standard Bible He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety. American Standard Version So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. Aramaic Bible in Plain English To put the humble in high place and the meek will be strengthened with redemption Brenton Septuagint Translation who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost: Contemporary English Version He protects the sorrowful and lifts up those who have been disgraced. * Douay-Rheims Bible Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn. English Revised Version So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety. GOD'S WORD® Translation He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety. Good News Translation Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn. International Standard Version He sets the lowly on high, and lifts those who mourn to safety. JPS Tanakh 1917 So that He setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. Literal Standard Version To set the low on a high place, | And the mourners have been high [in] safety. Majority Standard Bible He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. New American Bible He sets up the lowly on high, and those who mourn are raised to safety. NET Bible he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. New Revised Standard Version he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. New Heart English Bible so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety. Webster's Bible Translation To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety. World English Bible so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety. Young's Literal Translation To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety. Additional Translations ... Context Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him…10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. 11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. 12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.… Cross References Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. Job 22:29 When men are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then He will save the lowly. Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. Treasury of Scripture To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. set up. 1 Samuel 2:7,8 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up… Psalm 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. Psalm 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. those. Luke 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. James 1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: James 4:6-10 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble… exalted. 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. 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, Jump to Previous Exalted High Lifting Low Mourn Mourners Prosperity Putting Sad Safe Safety Sets SettingJump to Next Exalted High Lifting Low Mourn Mourners Prosperity Putting Sad Safe Safety Sets SettingJob 5 1. Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;6. that man is born to trouble; 8. that God is to be regarded in affliction; 17. the happy end of God's correction. (11) To set up on high those that be low.--Thus his doctrine is that man's exaltation must come from God, and not from his own vain strivings. (Comp. Psalm 75:4-10, and the prayer of Hannah, 1Samuel 2:6-8; also Psalm 113:7, &c.)Verse 11. - To set up on high those that be low. God's physical blessings are intended to subserve moral ends. He gives his rain, both the former and the latter, to raise up men from despair, to enable them to see in him a God of mercy as well as a God of vengeance; and with the same object, after withholding it from us for a while, he pours into our parched hearts the dew of his Holy Spirit. That those which mourn may be exalted to safety; or, "raised to safety" (Lee). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He setsלָשׂ֣וּם (lā·śūm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the lowly שְׁפָלִ֣ים (šə·p̄ā·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 8217: Depressed on high, לְמָר֑וֹם (lə·mā·rō·wm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4791: Altitude so that mourners וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים (wə·qō·ḏə·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6937: To be ashy, darkcolored, to mourn are lifted שָׂ֣גְבוּ (śā·ḡə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7682: To be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong to safety. יֶֽשַׁע׃ (ye·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3468: Deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare Links Job 5:11 NIVJob 5:11 NLT Job 5:11 ESV Job 5:11 NASB Job 5:11 KJV Job 5:11 BibleApps.com Job 5:11 Biblia Paralela Job 5:11 Chinese Bible Job 5:11 French Bible Job 5:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 5:11 So that he sets up on high (Jb) |
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