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Job 5:11

Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

To set up on high those that be low,.... Not the low plants, which, through rain, are made to run up on high, though…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

to set up If this construction be adopted, the watering of the earth, Job 5:5, must be regarded as the means to this…