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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Job 5:11

Verse Job 5:11. To set up on high those that be low] He so distributes his providential blessings without partiality, that the land of the poor man is as well sunned and watered as that of the rich; so that he is thus set upon a level with the lords of the soil.

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See also Job 5:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 worthy o...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 4-5 THE FIRST ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ _ 1. He rebukes Job (Job 4:1)_ 2. The righteous are not cast off (Job 4:6) 3. An awe-inspiring vision (Job 4:12) 4. Experience and exhortation ...

  • 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). Jo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz, in Job's place, would seek unto God, all whose ways are marked by one purpose, to do good, and whose chastisements, therefore, but open the way to a richer blessing The passage attaches itse...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _to set up_ If this construction be adopted, the watering of the earth, Job 5:10, must be regarded as the means to this which is effected in Job 5:11. He watereth the fields, giving abundant pasture a...

  • 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....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. My advicea) Return to God who rewards the righteous. (Job 5:8-16) TEXT 5:8-16 8 BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK UNTO GOD, And unto God would I commit my cause; 9 Who doeth great things and unsearch...

  • 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 humbly see...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO SET] RV 'so that he setteth,' i.e setteth men up by raising them from despair....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    This is true. These words are wonderful words. Verse 11 is like James 4:10 and Luke 1:46-55....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 ELIPHAZ CONTINUES HIS FIR...

  • 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, and the prayer of Hannah, 1 Samuel 2:6; a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָ שׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְ מָרֹ֑ום וְ֝ קֹדְרִ֗ים

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1; Job 5:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three fr...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BENEFITS OF CHASTISEMENT Job 5:1 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 otherwise acco...

  • 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 vexa...

  • 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; that...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Eliphaz Relying on Experience I. INTRODUCTION F. Job 5:1-3 (NKJV) "Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For wrath kills a foolish man, A...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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, in l...

  • 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 it...

  • 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 g...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    to set up on high those that be low, namely, by pouring out His blessings upon them, THAT THOSE WHICH MOURN MAY BE EXALTED TO SAFETY, raised up to prosperity. enjoy the rich benefits showered upon the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...

  • Leslie 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 imp...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 rat...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 5:11 sets H7760 (H8800) high H4791 lowly H8217 mourn H6937 (H8802) lifted H7682 (H8804) safety...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's discourse continued. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: Even Satan may be God's servant to make better saints of us, the blow at the outward man proving the greatest bles...

  • 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 sh...

  • 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 those...

  • The 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 15:...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 5:1 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) covertly reproaching Job, and then (ver...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Call now (Job 5:1), Eliphaz is saying to Job. if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will thou turn? (Job 5:1) Now it would seem that maybe in those days there were those...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Deuteronomy 33:27

  • 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 greatest...

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