Job 5:11

11 Que pone a los humildes en altura, y los enlutados son levantados a salud

Job 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 5:11

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 low circumstances, who, by means of showers of rain, which make their gardens, fields, and lands fruitful, are raised to enjoy good estates, and large possessions:

that those which mourn may be exalted to safety;
or "are black" ^F12, that are clothed in black, as a token of mourning; or whose faces are black with famine, see ( Lamentations 4:8 ) ( 5:10 ) ; or are in very distressed circumstances, and black through poverty, as the Targum, and mourn over and grieve at their sad and deplorable case; those, through rain and fruitful seasons, are brought out of such an uncomfortable situation, and put into a better condition of life, where they are as in a fortress, out of the reach of such sad calamities: some connect the words with the following, that in order to do this, to raise up the humble and exalt mourners, "he disappoints the devices of the crafty", &c. ( Job 5:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Myrdq) "denigrati", Montanus, Bolducius; "atrati", Cocceius, Schmidt, Michaelis; "pullati", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Beza; "sordidati", Schultens.

Job 5:11 In-Context

9 el cual hace grandes cosas, que no hay quien las comprenda; y maravillas que no tienen cuento

10 Que da la lluvia sobre la faz de la tierra, y envía las aguas sobre las faces de las plazas

11 Que pone a los humildes en altura, y los enlutados son levantados a salud

12 Que frustra los pensamientos de los astutos, para que sus manos no hagan nada

13 Que prende a los sabios en su propia prudencia, y el consejo de sus adversarios es entontecido