Job 5:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

Job 5:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Luke 6:21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
1 Samuel 2:7-8
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
Luke 1:52-53
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. …
Psalms 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-16)

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. Now he very much changes his voice (Gal. 4:20), and speaks in the accents of kindness, as if he would atone for the hard words h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Connected with Job 5:9. His “unsearchable” dealings are with a view to raise the humble and abase the proud (Lu 1:52). Therefore Job ought to turn humbly to Him.