Job 5:11

5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces

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

KJV

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

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

5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. their enterprise: or, any thing

What does Job 5:11 mean?

Job 5:11 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), מָרוֹם (mârôwm), שָׁפָל (shâphâl).

Hebrew interlinear

set

upשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

highמָרוֹםmârôwm/maw-rome'/H4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)

those

that

low;שָׁפָלshâphâl/shaw-fawl'/H8217depressed, literally or figuratively

that

those

which

mournקָדַרqâdar/kaw-dar'/H6937to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)

may

exaltedשָׂגַבsâgab/saw-gab'/H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively

safety.יֶשַׁעyeshaʻ/yeh'-shah/H3468liberty, deliverance, prosperity

Commentary on Job 5:11

HENRY_FULL · Job 5:11

x-p" It is a very surprising scene that opens in this chapter. Haman, when he hoped to be Mordecai's judge, was made his page, to his great confusion and mortification; and thus way was made for the defeat of Haman's plot and the deliverance of the Jews. I. The providence of God recommends Mordecai in the night to the king's favour, ver. 1-3 . II. Haman, who came to incense the king against him, is employed as an instrument of the king's favour to him, ver. 4-11 . III. From this his friends read him his doom, which is executed in the next chapter, ver. 12-14 . And now it appears that Esther's intercession for her people was happily adjourned, De die in diem—from day to day.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities God Philosophy

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 5:11.

Isaiah 26:5

For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Isaiah 33:5

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 5:11 say?

Job 5:11 (King James Version) reads: "To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety."

Is Job 5:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 5:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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