Job 5 - Introduction

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 5:1-27

93.

What is the purpose of verse one? i.e., in the speech of Eliphaz?

94.

Verse one may be an apologetic. How so?

95.

Read Proverbs 14:30 and show how it relates to verse two.

96.

The prosperity of the wicked causes a reaction from Eliphaz. What is it? Why?

97.

Why do the children of the foolish suffer?

98.

How is the term gate used here?

99.

What is the meaning of verse five?

100.

Eliphaz commits a logical fallacy. What is it: Show how this cancels out sympathy.

101.

If man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward how is it that only fools sufferi.e., according to previous logic?

102.

How is it that the little phrase as the sparks fly upward has caused so much discussion?

103.

There are two different words for God in Job 5:8. What does this suggest?

104.

Eliphaz is right and wrong at the same time. About what subjects?

105.

How does the thought of mother nature relate to Job 5:10?

106.

In what other passage in the N.T. are Job 5:11 through Job 5:16 echoed? Discuss.

107.

Explain the phrase cannot perform their enterprise.

108.

The only direct N.T. quotation from Job is found in these verses. Where?

109.

Does the description of Job 5:14 always describe the end of the crafty? Discuss.

110.

What does all this speech mean to Job?

111.

The principle of Job 5:17 is stated in Proverbs 3:11-12 and is quoted in Hebrews 12:5 ffTo whom does it apply?

112.

All these words to Job are to make his wound hurt more. Why?

113.

There is a strange covenant promised in verse Job 5:23. What is it?

TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION

Call out, Job. See if anyone answers.

Is there any angel to whom you can turn?

2 To worry yourself to death with resentment

would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

3 I have seen fools who looked secure,

but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.

4 Their sons can never find safety;

in court no one stands up to defend them.

5 Hungry people will eat the fool's crops

even the grain growing among thorns
and thirsty people will envy his wealth.

6 Evil does not grow in the soil,

nor does trouble grow out of the ground.

7 No! Man brings trouble on himself,

as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.

8 If I were you, I would turn to God

and present my case to him.

9 We cannot understand the great things he does,

and there is no end to his miracles.

10 He sends rain on the land and waters the fields.
11 Yes, it is God who raises the humble

and gives joy to all who mourn.

12-13 He upsets the plans of tricky men,

and traps wise men in their own schemes,
so that nothing they do succeeds;

14 even at noon they grope in darkness.
15 But God saves the poor from death;

he saves the needy from oppression.

16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
17 Happy is the person whom God corrects!

Do not resent it when he reprimands you.

18 God bandages the wounds he makes;

his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.

19 Time after time he will keep you from harm;
20 when famine comes, he will keep you alive,

and in war protect you from death.

21 God rescues you from lies and slander;

he saves you when destruction comes.

22 You will laugh at violence and hunger

and not be afraid of wild animals.

23 The fields you plow will be free of rocks;

wild animals will never attack you.

24 Then you will live at peace in your tent;

when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.

25 You will have as many children

as there are blades of grass in a pasture.

26 Like wheat that ripens till harvest time,

you will live to a ripe old age.

27 Job, we have learned this by long study.

It is true, so now accept it.