George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Job 5:3
And I. Septuagint, "But presently their subsistence was eaten up." I envied not their riches: but judged they would soon end. (Haydock)
And I. Septuagint, "But presently their subsistence was eaten up." I envied not their riches: but judged they would soon end. (Haydock)
Verse 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, th...
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...
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 ...
JOB 5:1 contains the application of the principles just laid down. JOB 5:1. If the angels are imperfect, it is no use for Job to appeal to them as intercessors with God. Duhm, following Siegfried, re...
SUDDENLY. at once. CURSED. noted, stigmatized, or pointed out. Hebrew. _nakab:_ i.e. "declared [the fate of) his habitation. "Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) by adding "saying", and mark v...
Job 5:1-7. Having laid this broad ground, Eliphaz proceeds to apply the principle to Job....
Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all creatures, and warns Job against such complaints Having expressed his wonder th...
_the foolish_ Rather perhaps, A FOOLISH MAN, the same word as in Job 5:2. Eliphaz cites an instance from his own experience confirming the truth stated in Job 5:2. He saw a man of this character takin...
I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH, &C.— _I saw the profligate taking root, but I marked him out for sudden destruction._ This is the same thought as in Psalms 37:35 and drawn out at length in Psalms 73. See Hea...
3. The fate of the wicked (the foolish) is certain destruction. (Job 5:1-7) TEXT 5:1-7 5 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou torn? 2 For vexation k...
_I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT: BUT SUDDENLY I CURSED HIS HABITATION._ The foolish - the wicked. I have seen the sinner spread his roots (Isaiah 27:6) wide in prosperity, yet circumstances sudd...
CURSED] i.e. rejected as an accursed thing. At first Eliphaz was inclined to envy the prosperity of the wicked; but in a moment he sees there is no room for envy. He would not accept their position at...
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 saw these events. So, Eliphaz thought, ‘God is punishing this man.’ And Eliphaz thought that this was fair. Eliphaz was sure that this evil man deserved these troubles. Perhaps Eliphaz was ri...
I CURSED. — The word means, “I was able to declare distinctly, and I did declare without hesitation, that his lot would be as follows.” All these general results of experience have the sting of insinu...
אֲֽנִי ־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָ אֶקֹּ֖וב...
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...
I have seen the (c) foolish taking root: but suddenly I (d) cursed his habitation. (c) That is, the sinner that does not have the fear of God. (d) I was not moved by his prosperity but knew that God...
(1) В¶ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? (2) For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (3) I have seen the foolish ta...
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...
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...
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Ver. 3. _I have seen the foolish taking root_] _q.d._ I grant that wicked men are not always presently punished, _sed Nemesi...
_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 see...
I have seen the foolish taking root, like a luscious plant in rich soil, as though his prosperity would endure forever; BUT SUDDENLY I CURSED HIS HABITATION, that is, a sudden destruction at the hand...
ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
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...
"I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT, AND. CURSED HIS ABODE IMMEDIATELY": He now speaks of. fool he had known who had prospered ("taken root") for. while, and yet he was suddenly cursed. "The unright...
1-5 Eliphaz here calls upon Job to answer his arguments. Were any of the saints or servants of God visited with such Divine judgments as Job, or did they ever behave like him under their sufferings?...
I have oft observed it in my experience. Having severely rebuked Job for his transports of passion and intemperate speeches against God, he now returns to his former argument, and proves that such dre...
Job 5:3 seen H7200 (H8804) foolish H191 root H8327 (H8688) suddenly H6597 cursed H5344 (H8799) place...
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...
_I have seen the foolish taking root._ 1. Wicked men may flourish in great outward prosperity. 2. Wicked men may not only flourish and grow, but they may flourish and grow a great while. I ground it...
_Call now, if there be any that will answer thee._ MORAL EVIL AS VIEWED BY AN ENLIGHTENED NATURAL RELIGIONIST How does Eliphaz appear to view sin? I. As excluding the sinner from the sympathy of the...
_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...
Acts 1:20; Deuteronomy 27:15; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 27:8; Psalms 37:35;
Foolish — The wicked man. Root — Not only prosperous for the present, but, as it seemed, firm and secure for the future. Suddenly — In a moment, beyond mine, and his own, and all other mens expectatio...