Job 5:1 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 5:1

to which . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . In the Vulgate versions this is changed to a command: and it is quoted in support of "the invocation of saints". saints = holy ones: i.e. the angels. Compare Job 15:15 .Deuteronomy 33:2 .Jude 1:14 . So Septuagint. See note on "holy". Exodus 3:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 5:1

THE CONCLUSION OF ELPIHAZ' FIRST SPEECHEliphaz' speech revealed some good qualities in him. He no doubt believed that Job had been a righteous man; and in spite of the fact that he even suggested that the terrible misfortunes that came upon Job might have been in the category of `chastening' rather than as punishment, his smug and erroneous belief that such calamities were usually if not always the proof and punishment of wickedness must have been quite painful to Job.Job 5:1-7ELIPHAZ' WORD... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 5:1

CHAP. V. Eliphaz sheweth that the wicked are always punished by an avenging God; on which account he highly extols the providence of God: he exhorts Job not to despise the chastening of the Almighty, and to attend diligently to what he says. Before Christ 1645. Job 5:1. Call now, &c.— Eliphaz here urges further, that, supposing Job had been guilty of no very atrocious crime, yet the common frailties of human nature were abundantly sufficient to account for any afflictions which it should... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 5:1

1. if there be any, &c.—Rather, "will He (God) reply to thee?" Job, after the revelation just given, cannot be so presumptuous as to think God or any of the holy ones (Daniel 4:17, "angels") round His throne, will vouchsafe a reply (a judicial expression) to his rebellious complaint. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 5:1-16

Eliphaz’s counsel to Job 5:1-16Job’s friend did not deny that the wicked fool (cf. Psalms 14:1) prospers temporarily (Job 5:3), but he believed that before a person dies, God will punish him for his sins. Jesus disagreed (Luke 13:4). The well-known comparison in Job 5:7 is true to an extent, but Eliphaz was again wrong in connecting this truth with the reason for Job’s suffering. People certainly do experience trouble in life as surely as sparks ascend from an open fire. [Note: For a synthesis... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 5:1-27

1. Eliphaz’s first speech chs. 4-5Eliphaz’s first speech has a symmetrical introverted (chiastic) structure that emphasizes the central section."A Opening remark (Job 4:2) B Exhortation (Job 4:3-6) C God’s dealings with men (Job 4:7-11) D The revelation of truth (Job 4:12-21) C’ God’s dealings with men (Job 5:1-16) B’ Exhortation (Job 5:17-26)A’ Closing remark (Job 5:27)" [Note: Andersen, p. 111.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:1-27

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.1. Call, etc.] i.e. ’make your complaint against God to the angels’; ’do you think they will help you?’ Saints] RV ’holy ones,’ i.e. the angels. 2. Wrath] RV ’vexation.’ Envy] RV ’jealousy.’ Such rash conduct brings destruction.3. Cursed] i.e. rejected as an accursed thing. At first Eliphaz was inclined to envy the prosperity of the wicked;... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 5:1

V.(1) Call now.—The speaker now becomes more personal and direct in his tone and bearing. He insinuates that Job is “unwise” and “silly,” and promises swift destruction for all such. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 5:1-27

Memorable Sights in Life Job 5:3 How many passages are there in Scripture that begin with 'I have seen'? Probably no man has counted the number. Let us keep, however, to that formula; it is interesting and useful to deal with a personal witness, to have a man so to say face to face and in your very grip. How many voices we shall hear if we listen well the solemn voice, the monotone that has not heart enough to vary its expression, a gamut in one note, and then the lightsome tone of youth and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 5:1-27

VII.THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEENJob 4:1-21; Job 5:1-27ELIPHAZ SPEAKSTHE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three friends had always been that God, as righteous Governor of human life, gives felicity in proportion to obedience and appoints trouble in exact measure of disobedience. Job himself, indeed, must have held the same creed. We may imagine that while he was prosperous his friends had often spoken with him... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 5:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 5:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 5:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 5:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 5:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 5:1-27

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 5:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 5:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 5:1-27

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