Job 5:22-26 BSB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I. The seasonable word of caution and exhortation that he gives him (Job 5:17): ?Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the father's love and is designed for the child's good. Call it the chastening of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:22

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh ,.... Not deride and despise them, and make a jest of them; for good men have a reverence and awe of the righteous judgments of God upon them, when they are in the world, Psalm 119:120 ; but the sense is, that such shall reckon themselves safe and secure amidst such calamities, provision being made for their protection and sustenance; and be cheerful and comfortable, putting their trust and confidence in the Lord, as Habakkuk was, in a time of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:23

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field ,.... So as to receive no hurt from them, by walking among them, and even barefoot, which was usual in the eastern countries, see Psalm 91:12 ; or by their being in the field, so as to hinder the increase of them; but on the contrary, even from such fields as were stony ground, a large crop has been produced, and so rather receive benefit by them, as men do from those with whom they are in league; and may therefore likewise signify,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:24

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace ,.... Not a place of religious worship, though the Targum renders it an house of doctrine or instruction; for we read not of any such but the tabernacle of Moses, erected in the wilderness, and which was indeed about, or little after, the times of Job; but it cannot be reasonably thought he did or could attend there; nor the tabernacle of his body, now in great pain and anguish, in which there were no rest nor soundness, being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:25

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great ,.... Not his seed sown in the earth, and the increase of that, but his children, as the next clause explains it, as Bar Tzemach well observes; and designs either their greatness in worldly things, in wealth and riches, in honour and dignity, in power and authority, or else their numbers; for the word may be rendered "much" or "many" F14 רב "multum", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Piscator, Schmidt, Michaelis. , a multitude... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age ,.... Or, "go into thy grave" F15 תבוא־אלי קבר "ingredieris in sepulchrum", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Drusius, Michaelis; "intrabis ad tumulum", Schultens. , which is represented as a house to enter into and dwell in; and so the wise man calls it man's long home, and Job his house, and which is appointed for all living, Ecclesiastes 12:5 ; for all men must die, and so come to the grave, good men as well as bad, the righteous and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:22

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh - This most forcibly expresses the strongest security, and confidence in that security. "In the desolation of Sihon, and in the famine of the desert, thou shalt laugh; and of the camps of Og, who is compared to a wild beast of the earth, thou shalt not be afraid." - Targum. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:23

Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field - Instead of אבני abney , stones, Mr. Good reads בני beney , sons, or produce; but this reading is not supported by any ancient version, nor, as far as I know, by any MS. yet collated. We must, therefore, take up the text as we find it, and make the best we can of the present reading. The Chaldee gives a plausible sense: Thou needest not to fear, "because thy covenant is on tables of stone, which are publicly erected in the field;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:24

Thou shalt know - Thou shalt be so fully satisfied of the friendly disposition of all thy neighbors, that thou shalt rest secure in thy bed, and not be afraid of any danger, though sleeping in thy tent in the field; and when thou returnest from thy country excursions, thou shalt find that thy habitation has been preserved in peace and prosperity, and that thou hast made no mistake in thy trust, in thy confidence, or in thy confederates. The word אהלך oholecha , "thy tabernacle," means... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:25

Thine offspring as the grass - Thou shalt have a numerous and permanent issue. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 5:17-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:25

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