George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Job 5:19
In six, mentioned below; (Menochius) or in many, indefinitely. (Calmet) --- Both during the six days of (Menochius) life, and at death, God's grace delivers us. (St. Gregory) (Worthington)
In six, mentioned below; (Menochius) or in many, indefinitely. (Calmet) --- Both during the six days of (Menochius) life, and at death, God's grace delivers us. (St. Gregory) (Worthington)
Verse Job 5:19. _HE SHALL DELIVER THEE IN SIX TROUBLES_] The numbers _six_ and _seven_ are put here for _many_. Though a number of troubles should come upon thee _all at once_, and there should be no...
HE SHALL DELIVER THEE IN SIX TROUBLES - Six is used here to denote an indefinite number, meaning that he would support in many troubles. This mode of speech is not uncommon among the Hebrews, where on...
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...
SIX. Named in the following verses....
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...
"Six" and "seven" are round numbers meaning "many" or "all," like "three" and "four" and other numbers, elsewhere, cf. Proverbs 6:16; see Amos 1:3 _seq_., Micah 5:5. Eliphaz assumes that God's afflict...
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...
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...
_HE SHALL DELIVER THEE IN SIX TROUBLES: YEA, IN SEVEN THERE SHALL NO EVIL TOUCH THEE._ In six ... yea, in seven - (Proverbs 6:16; Amos 1:3). The Hebrew idiom fixes on a certain number (here six), in...
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...
This verse is right. God cares for the people who trust him. He will rescue them, even if they suffer many terrible troubles (Psalms 40:1-3; Psalms 46:1-3; Proverbs 24:16)....
IN SIX TROUBLES. — The special form of speech here used is characteristic mainly of the Proverbs (see Job 6:16; Job 30:15; Job 30:18; Job 30:21). Since evil was emphatically
בְּ שֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רֹות יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּ בְ שֶׁ֓בַע
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...
He shall deliver thee in (s) six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (s) He will send trouble after trouble that his children may not for one time, but continually trust in him: b...
(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...
HE SHALL DELIVER THEE IN SIX TROUBLES,.... Behaving as before directed; seeking unto God, committing his cause and case to him, and leaving it with him; and not despising the chastening of the Lord, b...
_He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee._ Ver. 19. _He shall deliver thee_] Heb. Snatch thee away, or pull thee out, as a brand out of the fire, or as a p...
_For he maketh sore_, &c. God's usual method is first to wound and then to heal, first to convince and then to comfort, first to humble and then to exalt. And he never makes a wound too great, too dee...
ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
He shall deliver thee in six troubles, in a great number of afflictions; YEA, IN SEVEN THERE SHALL NO EVIL TOUCH THEE, Psalms 91:10. The believer, trusting in the goodness and mercy of Jehovah, is saf...
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...
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...
HE SHALL DELIVER THEE, to wit, if thou seekest to him by prayer and repentance. SIX, i.e. manifold or repeated; as _six_ is used for many, PROVERBS 6:16. THERE SHALL NO EVIL TOUCH THEE, to wit, so as...
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Job 5:19 I. The Friend spoken of in the text is none other than God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus. "In six troubles He will be with you; yea, in seven no evil shall happen unto you." When tr...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Peter 2:9; Proverbs 24:16;...
Deliver — If thou seekest to him by prayer and repentance. Here he applies himself to Job directly. Six — Manifold and repeated. Touch — So as to destroy thee. Thou shalt have a good issue out of all...