Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Job 5:7
trouble:
Or, labour
the sparks fly upward:
Heb. the sons of the burning coal, lift up to fly
trouble:
Or, labour
the sparks fly upward:
Heb. the sons of the burning coal, lift up to fly
Verse Job 5:7. _YET MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE_] לעמל _leamal_, to _labour._ He must _toil_ and be _careful_; and if in the course of his labour he meet with trials and difficulties, he should rise supe...
YET MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE - All this is connected with the sentiment in Job 5:8 ff. The meaning is, that “since afflictions are ordered by an intelligent Being, and since man is born unto trouble a...
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...
MAN. Hebrew. _'Adam._ App-14. BORN UNTO TROUBLE, &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. SPARKS. Hebrew sons of flame....
Job 5:1-7. Having laid this broad ground, Eliphaz proceeds to apply the principle to Job....
_Yet man is born unto trouble_ Rather, BUT MAN. The true explanation of affliction is now given, as the false explanation was denied in Job 5:6. The words "man is born unto trouble" mean, it is his na...
Eliphaz now sums up into an aphorism the great general principle which he seeks to illustrate in this section of his speech, ch. Job 4:12 to Job 5:7. It is that affliction is not accidental, nor a spo...
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...
ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION COMETH NOT, &C.— The Hebrew is rather, _For iniquity cometh not forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; i.e._ "As the wickedness of men does not proce...
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...
_YET MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD._ Yet - rather, Truly, or, But. Affliction does not come from chance, but is the appointment of God for sin - i:e., the original birth-sin of m...
5:7 man (h-2) _ Adam_ . sparks (i-9) Lit. 'sons of the flame.'...
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...
Here, Eliphaz linked his dream (Job 4:12-21) with his story (Job 5:1-5). If nobody is innocent, then everybody deserves troubles! So, Job could not be an innocent man. And Job deserved his troubles. E...
ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION.... — These two verses are confessedly very difficult. It is hard to see also the connection between sparks flying upwards and man’s being born to trouble. It seems to give better...
כִּֽי ־אָ֭דָם לְ עָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּ בְנֵי
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...
Yet man is born unto (i) trouble, as the sparks fly upward. (i) Which declares that sin is always in our corrupt nature: for before sin it was not subject to pain and affliction....
_Bird. Hebrew, "sparks fly up." (Haydock) --- You can no more then expect to pass unpunished, since it is impossible for man to be innocent! (Calmet) and, at any rate, labour is inevitable. (Menochius...
(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...
YET MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE,.... Or but b, after the negative follows the positive part of the assertion; before we have what is denied as the cause of affliction, here what it is affirmed to be, or...
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Ver. 7. _Yet man is born unto trouble_] Which is the natural fruit of his sin; and a piece of the curse. He hath in him a πανσπερμια, a common...
_Yet man is born to trouble_, &c. He is so commonly exposed to various troubles, as if he were born to no other end: affliction is become natural to man, and is transmitted from parents to children, a...
ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
yet man is born unto trouble, man, being enticed by his own lust, inherited since the time of Adam, commits sin and as a consequence brings misery upon himself, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD, carried up on...
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...
"FOR MAN IS BORN FOR TROUBLE, AS SPARKS FLY UPWARDS": "Man is born for trouble as certainly as flames from an open fire fly upwards. Eliphaz's view that man by his sin brings trouble on himself, thoug...
6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and...
i.e. He is so commonly exposed to many and various troubles, as if he were born to no other end. Affliction is become in some sort natural and proper to man, and it is, together with sin, transmitted...
Job 5:7 man H120 born H3205 (H8795) trouble H5999 As H1121 sparks H7565 fly H5774 (H8800) upward...
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...
_Affliction cometh not forth of the dust._ HUMAN SUFFERING “Affliction comet, h not forth of the dust, nor doth trouble spring out of the ground.” The liability of man to suffering is one of the most...
_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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:6 Returning to his agricultural comparison in Job 4:8, Eliphaz argues that AFFLICTION and TROUBLE do not grow out 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...
1 Corinthians 10:13; Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 5:15;...
Is born — He is so commonly exposed to various troubles, as if he were born to no other end: affliction is become natural to man, and is transmitted from parents, to children, as their constant inheri...