Job 5:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:1-7

Job 5:1-Judges : contains the application of the principles just laid down. Job 5:1-Exodus : . If the angels are imperfect, it is no use for Job to appeal to them as intercessors with God. Duhm, following Siegfried, rejects this verse connecting Job 4:21 closely with Job 5:2 . The foolish man, he says, means in this context, the man without the fear of God. “ A man must be an impious fool, Eliphaz would say, in agreement with the Job of the Volksbuch ( Job 2:10), if in misfortune, instead... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 5:2

Either, 1. The wrath of God; or rather, 2. A man’s own wrath, fretting, and impatience, and indignation; which kills men, partly, naturally, as it preys upon a man’s spirit, and wasteth him inwardly, and so hastens his death, of which see Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 17:22; partly, morally, as it prompts him to those rash, and furious, and wicked actions which may procure his death; and partly, meritoriously, as it provoketh God to cut him off, and to bring upon him those further and severe strokes... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 5:1-27

THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ.—CONTINUEDI. Application of the Vision (Job 5:1). “Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints (‘holy ones’—probably angels, as Job 15:15; Daniel 8:13) wilt thou turn?” Job to expect no countenance to his language either from holy men or angels.Learn:—1. Vain for a sinner to appeal against God either to saints or angels. Every angel in heaven will take God’s part against the complaining sinner. Angels already taught the wickedness and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 5:1-27

Call now ( Job 5:1 ),Eliphaz is saying to Job.if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will thou turn? ( Job 5:1 )Now it would seem that maybe in those days there were those who... they had already developed saints that they were turning to in trouble. Which saint do you have for boils, you know?For wrath killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the silly. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:1-27

Job 5:1 . To which of the saints wilt thou turn? Men in anguish look every way for help, but how can either angel or departed spirit of the just help us, without a special command from heaven. Men should therefore bear their afflictions till God relieve them. Job 5:4 . His children are crushed in the gate, when brought before the elders for their wicked deeds. The gate of the city was the ancient bench of justice. Job 5:15 . He saveth the poor from [the threats] of their mouth. Job... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 5:1-7

Job 5:1-7Call now, if there be any that will answer thee.Moral evil as viewed by an enlightened natural religionistHow does Eliphaz appear to view sin?I. As excluding the sinner from the sympathy of the good. He may mean here, either, Who will sympathise with thy opinions as a sinner? or, Who will sympathise with thy conduct as a sinner? “Call now, if there be any that will answer thee.” Thy conduct is such that none of the holy will notice thee. This was all untrue as applied to Job, yet it is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 5:2

Job 5:2And envy slayeth the silly one.--Plutarch says of human passions that they are not evil in themselves, but good affections, which nature has furnished us withal, for great and noble uses. Right, reason, wisdom, and discretion ought to rule; but all our powers and passions have their proper place, and they follow the resolution of our judgment, and exert themselves so far as reason shall direct. Were this order well observed, how blest, how happy, should we be! But how shamefully do we... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 5:2

Job 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. Ver. 2. For wrath killeth the foolish man ] Such as thou art, Job; hot and hasty, pettish and passionate, fretting thyself to do evil, and so provoking God to fall foul upon thee as a just object of his wrath, to thine utter ruin, without repentance. Surely, with the froward God will show himself froward, Psalms 18:26 . Neither hath ever any one hardened himself against the Lord and prospered, Job 9:4 . For what reason?... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:2

wrath: Job 18:4, Jonah 4:9 the foolish: Psalms 14:1, Psalms 75:4, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 107:17, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:5, Ecclesiastes 7:9 envy: or, indignation, Genesis 30:1, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 18:9, Romans 2:8 one: Hosea 7:11, 2 Timothy 3:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 4:5 - wroth Genesis 4:6 - General Genesis 26:14 - envied Genesis 38:9 - lest that Exodus 1:9 - the people Exodus 1:12 - grieved Judges 8:1 - the men 1 Samuel 20:30 - Saul's 1 Kings 20:43 - went 1 Kings 21:4 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.Killeth — A man's wrath, and impatience, preys upon his spirit, and so hastens his death; and provokes God to cut him off.The foolish — The rash and inconsiderate man, who does not weigh things impartially.Envy, … — I perceive thou art full of envy at wicked men, who seem to be in a happier condition than thou, and of wrath against God; and this shews thee to be a foolish and weak man. For those men, notwithstanding their... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:1-7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 5:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 5:1-27

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 5:1-27

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:1-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 5:1-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 5:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 5:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:2

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 5:2

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