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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root . The "I" is emphatic. " I myself have seen," etc. What Eliphaz had seen was that folly, i.e. sinful infatuation, was always punished. It might seem to prosper: the foolish man might seem to be taking root; but Eliphaz was not deceived by appearances—he saw through them, he knew that there was a curse upon the man's house, and so pronounced it accursed. And the ruin which he had foreseen, it is implied, followed. But suddenly; rather, immediately ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

The foolish taking root. I. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE FOOLISH TO TAKE ROOT . "The foolish," in biblical phraseology, are worse than people of weak intellect; they are always regarded as morally degenerate. Their folly is the opposite to the wisdom of which the beginning is "the fear of the Lord." Though lacking in moral fibre as well as in mental stamina, such people still often contrive to achieve an astonishing amount of success in life. 1 . They mall be favoured by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:4

His children are far from safety . The sins of the fathers arc visited upon the children. Eliphaz makes covert allusion to the death of Job's children ( Job 1:19 ). Feeling, however, that he is on delicate ground, he goes on into details which in no way fit their case. And (he says) they are crushed in the gate ; i.e. they are oppressed, crushed, by litigations. The house once smitten of God, human beasts of prey enter in; claims are made against the children; lawsuits commenced; all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up . Covetous men rush in and "eat up" all that the family possesses, thus bringing it to the extreme of poverty and want. And taketh it even out of the thorns. Vain is any protection that may be devised. As hedges, even of the prickly pear, do not keep out a band of plunderers, so there is no obstacle which those bent on robbing them will not overcome. And the robber swalloweth up their substance ; or, the thirsty ; i.e. those who thirst after it. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish - The wicked. To confirm the sentiment which he had just advanced, Eliphaz appeals to his own observation, and says that though the wicked for a time seem to be prosperous, yet he had observed that they were soon overtaken with calamity and cut down. He evidently means that prosperity was no evidence of the divine favor; but that when it had continued for a little time, and was then withdrawn, it was proof that the man who had been prospered was at heart a wicked man. It... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 5:4

His children are far from safety - That is, this is soon manifest by their being cut off or subjected to calamity. The object of Eliphaz is, to state the result of his own observation, and to show how calamity overtook the wicked though they even prospered for a time. He begins with that which a man would feel most - the calamity which comes upon his children, and says that God would punish him in them. Every word of this would go to the heart of Job; for he could not but feel that it was aimed... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up - That is, they are not permitted to enjoy the avails of their own labor. The harvest field is subject to the depredations of others, who contrive to possess themselves of it, and to consume it.And taketh it even out of the thorns - Or, he seizes it to the very thorns. That is, the famished robber seizes the whole of the harvest. He takes it all away, even to the thistles, and chaff, and cockle, and whatever impure substances there may be growing with the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:3

Job 5:3. I have seen the foolish taking root I have observed the wicked man, whom I term foolish, as being destitute of true, that is, of heavenly, wisdom, not only prosperous for the present, but, as it seemed, firm and secure for the future, being strongly fortified with power and riches, and children too, so that there was no likelihood or apparent danger of a change; but suddenly In a moment, before any one’s expectation; I cursed his habitation I saw, by the event which followed... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:4

Job 5:4. His children Whose greatness he designed in all his enterprises, supposing his family would be established for ever; are far from safety Are exposed to dangers and calamities, and can neither preserve themselves, nor the inheritance which their fathers left them. There is no question but he glances here at the death of Job’s children; and they are crushed in the gate That is, in the place of judicature, to which they are brought for their offences, and where they find severe... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:5

Job 5:5. Whose harvest Which they confidently expected to reap after all their cost and labour; The hungry eateth up The hungry Sabeans, or the poor, whose necessities make them greedy and ravenous to eat it all up; so that he can never recover it, or any thing in recompense of it. As if he had said, They may cultivate their ground with the utmost care, and sow it with the choicest seed, in expectation of reaping, at the usual time, the fruits of their labour; but when once the sentence... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 5:4

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:5

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