Job 5:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So that He setsלָשׂ֣וּם
(la·sum)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
on highלְמָרֹ֑ום
(le·ma·ro·vm;)
4791: heightfrom rum
those who are lowly,שְׁפָלִ֣ים
(she·fa·lim)
8217: lowfrom shaphel
And those who mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים
(ve·ko·de·rim)
6937: to be darka prim. root
are liftedשָׂ֣גְבוּ
(sa·ge·vu)
7682: to be (inaccessibly) higha prim. root
to safety.יֶֽשַׁע׃
(ye·sha.)
3468: deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfarefrom yasha


















KJV Lexicon
To set up
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
on high
marowm  (maw-rome')
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
those that be low
shaphal  (shaw-fawl')
depressed, literally or figuratively -- base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
that those which mourn
qadar  (kaw-dar')
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
may be exalted
sagab  (saw-gab')
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
to safety
yesha`  (yeh'-shah)
liberty, deliverance, prosperity -- safety, salvation, saving.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.

International Standard Version
He sets the lowly on high, and lifts those who mourn to safety.

NET Bible
he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

King James 2000 Bible
To set up on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.
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