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Job 5:11

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

KJV

qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate ;

Vulgate

τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος, καὶ ἀπολωλότας ἐξεγείροντα·

LXX

So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

ASV

לָ/שׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְ/מָר֑וֹם וְ֝/קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 36×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מְר֣וֹם
mrvm
noun · 54×
נִשְׂגַּ֧ב
nshgb
verb · 20×
קֹדֵ֥ר
qdr
verb · 16×
שְׁפַל
shpl
verb · 19×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Jas 4:10 · echo
    "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."
    Job: he sets on high those who are lowly — humble yourselves before the Lord

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
  • 1Sam 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
  • 1Sam 23:17 — And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
  • Deut 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
  • Eccl 4:14 — For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Ezek 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD h
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • Ps 91:14 — Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
  • Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
  • Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
  • Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
  • Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;