Job 5:3, Psalm 37:35 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 5:1-5

A very warm dispute being begun between Job and his friends, Eliphaz here makes a fair motion to put the matter to a reference. In all debates perhaps the sooner this is done the better if the contenders cannot end it between themselves. So well assured is Eliphaz of the goodness of his own cause that he moves Job himself to choose the arbitrators (Job 5:1): Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; that is, 1. ?If there be any that suffer as thou sufferest. Canst thou produce an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root ,.... Such foolish wicked men as before described; those Eliphaz had observed to prosper in the world, and increase in riches, and even to have attained to a seeming stability and firmness, as if they would ever continue in such happy circumstances, see Jeremiah 12:2 ; by this he would obviate an objection that here might be raised and made against the assertion he was proving, that wicked men are afflicted and punished of God for their sins; whereas it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root - I have seen wicked men for a time in prosperity, and becoming established in the earth; but I well knew, from God's manner of dealing with men, that they must soon be blasted. I even ventured to pronounce their doom; for I knew that, in the order of God's providence, that was inevitable. I cursed his habitation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-5

The lot of the foolish. By a skilful turn of thought, Eliphaz exhibits the consequences of human folly— 1. AS THEY AFFECT THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL FOOLISH ONE . "Wrath killeth and envy slayeth" him. By his folly he excites the wrath or the envy of others, or his folly leads him into deadly courses. II. AS THEY AFFECT HIS LOT AND CONDITION . His prosperity, even if it begin, is but of temporary duration. If he take root, suddenly his habitation is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-7

Eliphaz to Job: 3. The history of a fool. I. THE FOOL 'S CHARACTER . 1 . An impious fool. The mental and moral portrait of the aevil (verse 2) is minutely outlined in the Book of Proverbs, as distinguished by contempt of true wisdom ( Proverbs 1:1-33 ; Proverbs 7:1-27 ), talkativeness ( Proverbs 10:8 ), self-conceit ( Proverbs 12:15 ), irritability of temper ( Proverbs 12:16 ), pride ( Proverbs 14:3 ), fretfulness against God ( Proverbs 19:3 ), sinfulness of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-27

Eliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first ( Job 5:1-7 ) covertly reproaching Job, and then (verses 8-27) seeking to comfort him by the suggestion that, if he will place himself unreservedly in the hands of God, it is still possible that God may relent, remove his chastening hand, deliver him from his troubles, and even give him back all his former prosperity. The anticipation is in remarkable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 5:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 5:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 5:3

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

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

Group of Brands