Job 5:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Job 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To set up on high - That is, who sets up on high; or God exalts those who are low. From the works of nature, Eliphaz passes to the dealings of God with people, as designed to show that he was wor...
Job 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz advises Job to accept the Divine discipline so that God may again show Himself gracious. As for me, instead of being impatient like a fool, I would seek unto God ( cf. Job 1:21 ; Job 2:10...
Job 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. To set up on high those that be low - He so distributes his providential blessings without partiality, that the l...
Job 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That those which mourn, &c.— That the obscure may be put in a place of safety. See 2 Samuel 22:3 and Heath.
Job 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: God's great power displayed in nature, and in His dealings with men, is a ground for hope to Job ( Job 5:16 ), if he will hu...
Job 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Eliphaz (concluded) 1-5. Eliphaz warns Job that to show a resentful temper at God's dispensations is folly, and that fools never prosper.
Job 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To set up on high those that be low. — Thus his doctrine is that man’s exaltation must come from God, and not from his own vain strivings. (Comp. Psalms 75:4-10 , and the prayer of Hannah, 1 Samu...
Job 5:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief o...
Job 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Benefits of Chastisement Job 5:1-27 In this chapter Eliphaz closes his first speech. He had already suggested that Job's sufferings were the result of some secret sin. It could not be other...
Job 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proceeding, Eliphaz asked Job to whom he would appeal, to which of the holy ones, that is, as against the truth which he had declared, or in defense of himself. In the light of evident guilt, all vex...
Job 5:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: (10) Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: (11) To set up on high those that be low; tha...
Job 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To set up on high those that be low ,.... Not the low plants, which, through rain, are made to run up on high, though there is a truth in that; but husbandmen and gardeners, and such like persons, i...
Job 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. Ver. 11. To set up on high those that be low ] By those rich rains whereby he fatteneth the earth, and makes i...
Job 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To set up on high those that be low The consequences which proceed from the fore-mentioned happy change, from God's sending a refreshing rain upon the earth, after a long drought are inexpressibly...
Job 5:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS BY ELIPHAZ (vv.1-27) Eliphaz suggests to Job that he call out to creatures for help, even to holy ones - holy men or angels, - and see if anyone will answer him (v.1). He is...
Job 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and u...
Job 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These words contain either, 1. A declaration of God's end in giving rain, which is to enrich those who were poor, or mourning for the drought, by sending rain, and making their lands fruitful; or r...
Job 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ.—CONTINUED I. Application of the Vision ( Job 5:1 ). “Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints (‘holy ones’—probably angels , as...
Job 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:1 . To which of the saints wilt thou turn? Men in anguish look every way for help, but how can either angel or departed spirit of the just help us, without a special command from heaven. Men...
Job 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

That those which mourn may be exalted to safety. The exaltation and safety of the penitent I. Of the character which God approves. That of the lowly and contrite. 1. He is not adverting to t...
Job 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 5:1-18 Eliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first ( Job 5:1-18 ) covertly reproaching...
Job 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Answering A Possible Objection On Job's Part
Job 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:3 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; James 1:9 ; James 4:6-10 ; Luke 1:52 ; Luke 1:53 ; Luke 6:21 ; Psalms 107:41 ; Psalms 91:14...
Job 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To set up — That is, he setteth up. Another example of God's great and wonderful works. He gives this instance to comfort and encourage Job to seek to God, because he can raise him out of his great...

Job 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 5:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 5:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes