Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Job 5:21
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse Job 5:21. _THOU SHALT BE HID FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE_] The _Targum_ refers this to the _incantations of Balaam_: "From injury by the tongue of Balaam thou shalt be hidden in the clouds; a...
THOU SHALT BE HID FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE - Margin, Or, “when the tongue scourgeth.” The word rendered “scourge” - שׁוט _shôṭ_ - means properly a whip. It is used of God when he scourges peop...
CHAPTER S 4-5 THE FIRST ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ _ 1. He rebukes Job (Job 4:1)_ 2. The righteous are not cast off (Job 4:6) 3. An awe-inspiring vision (Job 4:12) 4. Experience and exhortation ...
Eliphaz advises Job to accept the Divine discipline so that God may again show Himself gracious. As for me, instead of being impatient like a fool, I would seek unto God (_cf._ Job 1:21; Job 2:10). Jo...
The imagination of Eliphaz himself kindles as he contemplates the universal goodness of God. And Job seems to him happy in being made the object even of God's afflictions, for He afflicts only with th...
Eliphaz, in Job's place, would seek unto God, all whose ways are marked by one purpose, to do good, and whose chastisements, therefore, but open the way to a richer blessing The passage attaches itse...
DISCOURSE: 455 THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE Job 5:19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from th...
THOU SHALT BE HID, &C.— _If at any time a fire shall rage, thou shalt be hid; nor shalt thou fear imminent ruin._ Eliphaz seems to hint at those wicked persons who have been struck with fire from heav...
b) Accept his chastening and enjoy his blessings. (Job 5:17-27) TEXT 5:17-27 17 BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he m...
SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE] of false accusers and slanderers: cp. Job 5:15....
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....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 5 ELIPHAZ CONTINUES HIS FIR...
Eliphaz promised many good things if Job would trust God. And Eliphaz was right. God cares about his people. See Deuteronomy 28:1-14. God promises us many wonderful things. But we may not receive all...
SHALT THOU BE AFRAID. — Comp. the expression in Job 5:15....
בְּ שֹׁ֣וט לָ֭שֹׁון תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽ לֹא ־תִירָ֥
VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1; Job 5:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief of the three fr...
THE BENEFITS OF CHASTISEMENT Job 5:1 In this chapter Eliphaz closes his first speech. He had already suggested that Job's sufferings were the result of some secret sin. It could not be otherwise acco...
Proceeding, Eliphaz asked Job to whom he would appeal, to which of the holy ones, that is, as against the truth which he had declared, or in defense of himself. In the light of evident guilt, all vexa...
CHAPTER V. _ Scourge. Ecclesiasticus (xxvi. 9., and xxviii. 21.) has the same expression. See James iii. 6. (Calmet) --- Calamity, from robbers, as the Hebrew shod, (Haydock) intimates. The word is r...
(19) He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (20) In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. (21) Thou shalt be hid...
Eliphaz Relying on Experience I. INTRODUCTION F. Job 5:1-3 (NKJV) "Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 For wrath kills a foolish man, A...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
THOU SHALL BE HID FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE,.... Of Satan, as Jarchi, the accuser of the brethren; or rather from the evil tongue of wicked men, their slanders, calumnies, and reproaches; the ton...
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Ver. 21. _Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue_] That is, from reproaches and...
_Thou shalt be hid_ Protected, as in some secret and safe place; _from the scourge of the tongue_ From false accusations, and virulent slanders and reproaches. _Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruc...
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, from all slander and reviling, which would not be able to detract from his good name. Psalms 31:20; Jeremiah 18:18; NEITHER SHALT THOU BE AFRAID OF DE...
ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS BY ELIPHAZ (vv.1-27) Eliphaz suggests to Job that he call out to creatures for help, even to holy ones - holy men or angels, - and see if anyone will answer him (v.1). He is imp...
FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE: Or, when the tongue scourgeth...
17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; a...
HID, i.e. protected, as in some secret and safe place. FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE, i.e. from false accusations and virulent slanders and reproaches, either by diverting their tongues to other pers...
Job 5:21 hidden H2244 (H8735) scourge H7752 tongue H3956 afraid H3372 (H8799) destruction H7701 comes H935 ...
CONTENTS: Eliphaz's discourse continued. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: Even Satan may be God's servant to make better saints of us, the blow at the outward man proving the greatest bles...
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 sh...
_Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue._ THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE I. The scourge. “The scourge of the tongue.” 1. There is the lying tongue. It perverts facts. It turns the lame out of...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:19 FROM SIX TROUBLES; IN SEVEN (v. Job 5:19). The numbers are used symbolically to draw particular attention to the final element: if Job will accept his situation
_THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ.—CONTINUED_ I. 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:...
EXPOSITION JOB 5:1 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) covertly reproaching Job, and then (ver...
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...
Isaiah 54:17; James 3:5; Jeremiah 18:18; Proverbs 12:18; Psalms 31:20