King James Version

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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לָשׂ֣וּםlasumto putשׂוּםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to put”, the to-form of the verbH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שְׁפָלִ֣יםshefalimbaseשָׁפָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “base”, the ordinary formH8217depressed, literally or figurativelybase(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).לְמָר֑וֹםlemaromto aboveמָרוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to above”, the ordinary formH4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםveqoderimand be blackקָדַרconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and be black”, a verb used as a describing wordH6937to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.שָׂ֣גְבוּsagevvbe excellentשָׂגַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be excellent”, a completed actionH7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figurativelydefend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.יֶֽשַׁעyeshasafetyיֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “safety”, the ordinary formH3468liberty, deliverance, prosperitysafety, salvation, saving.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Young’s Literal Translation

To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.

World English Bible

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

Darby Translation

Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

Douay-Rheims

Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος, καὶ ἀπολωλότας ἐξεγείροντα,