Job 5:11
9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- KJV
- To set up on high those that be low; that those which 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.
- ASV
- So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
- DARBY
- Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
- BLB
- to set the lowly ones on high, and those mourning are high in safety.
- ÅB
- som opphøyer de ringe og lar de sørgende nå fram til frelse,
- OTB
- Slik at Han setter de lave høyt,
Og de som sørger blir løftet til trygghet. - B1930
- som ophøier de ringe og lar de sørgende nå frem til frelse,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 113:7
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Read in contextLuke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Read in contextLuke 1:52–53
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
Read in contextPsalms 107:41
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
Read in contextJames 4:6–10
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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