Job 5:11 Meaning and Explanation
“To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz declares that God lifts up the lowly and raises mourners to safety.
What Does Job 5:11 Mean?
Continuing his hymn to God's providence, Eliphaz describes a God who reverses circumstances: He sets the lowly on high and brings those who mourn into safety. The God of rain and harvest is also the God who tends to the humble and grieving.
This is one of Scripture's steadiest themes, and it carries hope for every cast-down heart. God delights to lift the lowly and to lead mourners into refuge. Mary would sing of the same God who exalts the humble, and Jesus would bless those who mourn with the promise of comfort. No one is too low for God's reach or too sorrowful for His rescue.
Job 5:11 in the Original Language
qadar (קָדַר), 'mourn' -- to be dark or gloomy, the bowed-down state of grief.
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What does Job 5:11 mean?
Eliphaz declares that God lifts up the lowly and raises mourners to safety.