Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He sets the lowly on high, and lifts those who mourn to safety.
New American Standard Bible
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
King James Version
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Holman Bible
and mourners are lifted to safety.
A Conservative Version
so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
American Standard Version
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
Amplified
So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
Bible in Basic English
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
Darby Translation
Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
Julia Smith Translation
To raise up the humbled to height; and those mourning were exalted to salvation.
King James 2000
To set up on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to set [the] lowly on high, and [those] mourning are lifted to safety.
Modern King James verseion
to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which setteth up them of low degree, and sendeth prosperity to those that are in heaviness;
NET Bible
he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
New Heart English Bible
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
The Emphasized Bible
Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
Webster
To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.
World English Bible
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
Youngs Literal Translation
To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.
Themes
Craftiness » Who the lord takes in their own craftiness
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
10 He sends rain on the surface of the earth, and waters the surface of the open country. 11 He sets the lowly on high, and lifts those who mourn to safety. 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:27
The God of old is a dwelling place, with everlasting arms underneath. He drove out your enemies before you and said: "Destroy them!'
1 Samuel 2:7-8
The LORD makes people poor and he makes people rich, he brings them low, and he also exalts them.
Psalm 91:14
Because he has focused his love on me, I will deliver him. I will protect him because he knows my name.
Psalm 107:41
Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock.
Psalm 113:7
He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile
Ezekiel 17:24
Then all the trees of the fields will know that I, the LORD, bring down the lofty tree and exalt the lowly tree. I dry up the green tree and cause the dry tree to bud. I the LORD have spoken this, and I will fulfill it."
Luke 1:52-53
He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.
Luke 6:21
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
James 1:9
A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,
James 4:6-10
But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, from the dead
1 Peter 5:10
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you by the Messiah Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.