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Job 5:11
Job 5:11 is verse 11 of Job chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners 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.
World English Bible
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
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Job 5:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11 He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
1 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,