"He captures the wise by their own shrewdness": "The image of total confusion which ensnares the crafty (Deut. Job 28:29; Isaiah 19:14; Job 59:10)" (Strauss p. 48). This is the only verse quoted directly from the book of Job in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 3:19). The person who seeks success or victory without regard to morality will often become caught in their own traps.
Verse Job 5:13. _HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS_] So counterworks them as to cause their feet to be taken in their own snares, and their evil dealings to fall on their own pate. Such freq...
HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS - This passage is quoted by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, with the usual formula in referring to the Old Testament, γέγραπται γάρ _gegraptai_ _ga...
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...
HE TAKETH, &C. This is quoted in 1 Corinthians 3:19 direct. FROWARD. perverse. Hebrew. _pathal,_ to twist....
_in their own craftiness_ Quoted by St Paul, 1 Corinthians 3:19. This is the only quotation from the Book of Job in the New Testament, though Romans 11:35 seems a reminiscence of Job 41:11;...
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...
Job 5:10-11 describe how the stream of God's goodness acts when it moves directly, bearing up upon it the humble and those that mourn towards safety or salvation. These verses describe how the stream...
4. My advicea) Return to God who rewards the righteous. (Job 5:8-16) TEXT 5:8-16 8 BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK UNTO GOD, And unto God would I commit my cause; 9 Who doeth great things and unsearch...
_HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS: AND THE COUNSEL OF THE FROWARD IS CARRIED HEADLONG._ He taketh - Paul (1 Corinthians 3:19) quoted this clause with the formula establishing its inspiratio...
5:13 wise (a-4) Or 'clever.' headlong. (b-17) Or 'overthrown.'...
HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS] quoted by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, the only quotation from Job in the NT. IS CARRIED HEADLONG] i.e. furthered to their hurt....
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....
These words are also true. But we can see Eliphaz’s mistake again. Eliphaz did not realise that some evil plans succeed. And Eliphaz thought that God would punish these evil people immediately....
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...
HE TAKETH THE WISE. — St. Paul quotes the former half of this verse in his warning to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 3:19): “The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He tak...
לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּ עָרְמָ֑ם וַ עֲצַ֖ת נִפְת
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...
(9) Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: (10) Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: (11) To set up on high those that be low; that...
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 TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS,.... As beasts are taken in a pit, or birds in a snare or net, or with birdlime; so these crafty men, who are wise in their own opinion, and really so in thi...
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Ver. 13. _He taketh the wise in their own craftiness_] Those wise to do evil, worldly wise, mere Machia...
_He taketh the wise in their own craftiness_ Men wise to do evil, or wise in the opinion of the world; he not only deceives their hopes and counsels, but turns those counsels against themselves. _And...
ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, so that they are shown to be fools before Him and their plans result in ruin to themselves, AND THE COUNSEL OF THE FROWARD, those who try to be cunning in s...
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...
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...
THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS; wicked men, who are wise to do evil, and wise in the opinion of the world, he not only deceiveth in their hopes and counsels, but turns them against themselves; as we...
Job 5:13 catches H3920 (H8802) wise H2450 craftiness H6193 counsel H6098 cunning H6617 (H8737) quickly H4116 ...
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...
_He taketh the wise in their own craftiness._ 1. The wisdom of natural men is nothing but craft or wit to do wickedly. 2. Satan makes use of subtle, crafty men, and abuseth their parts for his own p...
_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 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 15:34;...
The wise — Men wise to do evil, and wise in the opinion of the world, he not only deceives in their hopes and counsels, but turns them against themselves. Froward — Or, wrestlers: such as wind and tur...
Why does Paul quote these words of Eliphaz if Eliphaz was rebuked by God in Job 42:7 for what he said? PROBLEM: Eliphaz was one of the friends of Job who came to comfort him in his affliction. In Job...