Sin occasions destruction, Job 5:1. Affliction is the common lot of mankind, Job 5:6; Job 5:7. In affliction we should fly to God, who is both able and willing to help, Job 5:8. He will deliver them that trust in him, Job 5:17.
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4- 5. FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. Ch. 3 as a whole means, Why is
misfortune? We are now to hear from Job's friends, what the theology
of the poet's age had to say on the matter. Eliphaz, who speaks first...
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...
INTRODUCTION TO JOB 5
In this chapter Eliphaz goes on to prove, and further confirm and
establish, what he had before asserted, that not good men, but wicked
men only, are afflicted of God, at least...