Job 5:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

ASV:

So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

BBE:

Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

DBY:

Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

ERV:

So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.

JPS:

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

WBS:

To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.

WEB:

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

YLT:

To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.

Job 5:11 Cross References

XREF:

Job 22:29 "When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save.

Job 36:7 "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

5:11 To set up - That is, he setteth up. Another example of God's great and wonderful works. He gives this instance to comfort and encourage Job to seek to God, because he can raise him out of his greatest depths.

MHC:

5:6-16 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. There is nothing in this world we are born to, and can truly call our own, but sin and trouble. Actual transgressions are sparks that fly out of the furnace of original corruption. Such is the frailty of our bodies, and the vanity of all our enjoyments, that our troubles arise thence as the sparks fly upward; so many are they, and so fast does one follow another. Eliphaz reproves Job for not seeking God, instead of quarrelling with him. Is any afflicted? let him pray. It is heart's ease, a salve for every sore. Eliphaz speaks of rain, which we are apt to look upon as a little thing; but if we consider how it is produced, and what is produced by it, we shall see it to be a great work of power and goodness. Too often the great Author of all our comforts, and the manner in which they are conveyed to us, are not noticed, because they are received as things of course. In the ways of Providence, the experiences of some are encouragements to others, to hope the best in the worst of times; for it is the glory of God to send help to the helpless, and hope to the hopeless. And daring sinners are confounded, and forced to acknowledge the justice of God's proceedings.

CONC:

Exalted Lifted Lifting Low Lowly Mourn Mourners Prosperity Putting Sad Safe Safety Sets Setteth Setting

Exalted High Lifting Low Mourn Mourners Prosperity Putting Sad Safe Safety Sets Setting

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