Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 5:27
So it is. — It is the boastful confidence of Eliphaz which is so hard to bear. He speaks as though Job’s experience were as nothing to his. “This is mine: take it to thyself, and make it thine.”
So it is. — It is the boastful confidence of Eliphaz which is so hard to bear. He speaks as though Job’s experience were as nothing to his. “This is mine: take it to thyself, and make it thine.”
Verse Job 5:27. _LO THIS, WE HAVE SEARCHED IT_] What I have told thee is the sum of our wisdom and experience on these important points. These are established maxims, which universal experience suppo...
LO THIS - All this that I have said; the truth of all the remarks which I have made. WE HAVE SEARCHED IT - We have by careful observation of the course of events come to these conclusions. These are o...
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...
THY GOOD. thyself....
The imagination of Eliphaz himself kindles as he contemplates the universal goodness of God. And Job seems to him happy in being made the object even of God's afflictions, for He afflicts only with th...
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...
DISCOURSE: 455 THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE Job 5:19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from th...
KNOW THOU IT FOR THY GOOD— _Attend thou, therefore, diligently;_ [לךֶ דע _dang lak;_] _know thou it for thyself; make application of it to thy own case;—know the original of the drawing._ Heath. REFL...
b) Accept his chastening and enjoy his blessings. (Job 5:17-27) TEXT 5:17-27 17 BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he m...
_LO THIS, WE HAVE SEARCHED IT, SO IT IS; HEAR IT, AND KNOW THOU IT FOR THY GOOD._ Searched it ... for thy good - literally, for thyself. "The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that...
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....
Eliphaz thought that his advice was good. Job’s other friends agreed with Eliphaz. But Eliphaz’s advice was too simple. He made many mistakes. He upset Job. So Job was very sad. He even wanted to die...
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...
הִנֵּה ־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן ־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה...
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...
Lo (z) this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good. (z) We have learned these points by experience, that God does not punish the innocent, that man cannot compare...
_Which thou. Septuagint, "And what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself what thou hast done." (Haydock) --- What had been revealed to Eliphaz was very true. Yet his conclusions were unwarra...
(27) Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. Eliphaz here concludes his sermon, leaves it as all preachers must, to the mind and conscience, to judge its truth...
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...
LO THIS, WE HAVE SEARCHED IT,.... This is the concluding part of Eliphaz's first oration or speech to Job; and in order to engage his attention to it, observes, that what he had said was not his own s...
Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good. Ver. 27. _Lo this, we have searched it, so it is_] We are sure that all this is true, and may be trusted to, for we...
_Lo this, we have searched out_ It is not my single opinion, but my brethren concur with me, as thou wilt hear from their own mouths. And it is no rash or hasty conceit, but what we have learned by de...
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; found out by careful investigating; HEAR IT AND KNOW THOU IT FOR THY GOOD, the warning being again addressed to Job, lest he once more murmur and complain. Note...
ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
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 THY GOOD: _ Heb._ for thyself...
"BEHOLD THIS; WE HAVE INVESTIGATED IT, AND SO IT IS. HEAR IT, AND KNOW FOR YOURSELF": He smugly ends his first speech. "He seemed to have said, 'I have the truth, so you might as well face up to it, a...
17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; a...
It is not my single opinion, but my brethren concur with me, as thou wilt hear from their own mouths. This is no rash or hasty conceit, but what we have learned by deep consideration and hard study, l...
Job 5:27 searched H2713 (H8804) Hear H8085 (H8798) know H3045 (H8798) we have searched - Job 8:8-10
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...
_Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear It, and know thou it for thy good._ “SO IT IS” Thus closed a forcible speech by Eliphaz the Temanite; it may be called his “summing up.” He virtually say...
_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 10:13; Job 12:2; Job 15:10; Job 15:17; Job 15:9;...
Searched — This is no rash or hasty conceit, but what both I and my brethren have learned by deep consideration, long experience, and diligent observation. Know thou — Know it for thyself; (So the wor...