Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 5:1
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(1) Call now. — The speaker now becomes more personal and direct in his tone and bearing. He insinuates that Job is “unwise” and “silly,” and promises swift destruction for all such.
V.
(1) Call now. — The speaker now becomes more personal and direct in his tone and bearing. He insinuates that Job is “unwise” and “silly,” and promises swift destruction for all such.
CHAPTER V _Eliphaz proceeds to show that the wicked are always punished by_ _the justice of God, though they may appear to flourish for a_ _time_, 1-8; _extols the providence of God, by which the...
CALL NOW - The expressions used here, as Noyes has well observed, seem to be derived from the law, where the word “call” denotes the language of the complainant, and answer that of the defendant. Acco...
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...
TO WHICH... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. In the Vulgate versions this is changed to. command: and it is quoted in support of "the invocation of saints". SAINTS. holy ones: i.e. the angels. Co...
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...
Job 5:1-7. Having laid this broad ground, Eliphaz proceeds to apply the principle to Job....
_Call now, if there be any_ Rather, CALL THEN, IS THERE ANY …? The imperative _call then_is not ironical, but merely a very animated way of putting a supposition: if thou appeal then against God is th...
_ELIPHAZ SHEWETH THAT THE WICKED ARE ALWAYS PUNISHED BY AN AVENGING GOD; ON WHICH ACCOUNT HE HIGHLY EXTOLS THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD: HE EXHORTS JOB NOT TO DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE ALMIGHTY, AND TO A...
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...
_CALL NOW, IF THERE BE ANY THAT WILL ANSWER THEE; AND TO WHICH OF THE SAINTS WILT THOU TURN?_ If there be any ... - rather, 'Call now! will He [God] reply to thee?' Job, after the revelation just giv...
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....
CALL, etc.] i.e. 'make your complaint against God to the angels'; 'do you think they will help you?' SAINTS] RV 'holy ones,' i.e. the angels....
Eliphaz heard when Job complained (in Job chapter 3). But Eliphaz thought that Job’s words achieved nothing. An angel (servant of God from heaven) would not help Job. Eliphaz’s words were partly corr...
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...
קְֽרָא ־נָ֭א הֲ יֵ֣שׁ עֹונֶ֑ךָּ וְ אֶל
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...
Call now, if there be any that will (a) answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? (a) He wills Job to consider the example of all who have lived or live godly, whether any of them are l...
Saints. This is a proof of the invocation of the saints (Calmet) and angels. (Haydock) --- The Jews often begged God to have mercy on them for the sake of the patriarchs, 2 Paralipomenon vi. 42. (Calm...
CONTENTS The speech of Eliphaz is continued through the whole of this chapter. He dwells upon several circumstances concerning sin and its consequent affliction, and recommends in affliction a crying...
(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...
CALL NOW, IF THERE BE ANY THAT WILL ANSWER THEE,.... That is, call upon God, which, if seriously, and not ironically spoken, was good advice; God is to be called upon, and especially in times of troub...
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Ver. 1. _Call now, if there be any that will answer thee_] The beginning of this chapter is hard, saith Mer...
_Call now_, &c. Wouldst thou know the reason why I relate to thee this night vision? I do it with an intent that thou mayest apply it to thyself, and thy present circumstances. Thou hast heard how wea...
ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, rather, "will anyone reply?" Having complained against God as though he were just and God unjust, will Job find anyone to intercede for him or to help...
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...
TURN: Or, look...
"CALL NOW, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WILL ANSWER YOU? AND TO WHICH OF THE HOLY ONES WILL YOU TURN?" Eliphaz contends that there is no one who can defend or protect Job, certainly not the holy ones or angel...
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?...
JOB CHAPTER 5 Wrath foolish: the wicked miserable, JOB 5:1. Evil cometh not by chance; it is natural to our condition, JOB 5:6,7. This is our motive to prayer and trust in God, JOB 5:8; whose unsearch...
Job 5:1 Call H7121 (H8798) there H3426 answer H6030 (H8802) ones H6918 turn H6437 (H8799) and to which -...
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...
_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 5:1 Eliphaz asks if there are any creatures left on earth (ANYONE) or in heaven (THE HOLY ONES) to whom Job can appeal. It is a rhetorical question; he assumes he is right and doesn’t...
_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...
Deuteronomy 33:2; Deuteronomy 33:3; Ephesians 1:1; Hebrews 12:1;...
Call — Call them all as it were by their names: will not every good man confirm what I say? If — Try if there be any one saint that will defend thee in these bold expostulations with God. Thou mayst f...