Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 5:15
But he saveth the (p) poor from the sword, from their (q) mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
(p) That is, he who humbles himself before God.
(q) He compares the slander of the wicked to sharp swords.
But he saveth the (p) poor from the sword, from their (q) mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
(p) That is, he who humbles himself before God.
(q) He compares the slander of the wicked to sharp swords.
Verse Job 5:15. _HE SAVETH THE POOR FROM THE SWORD, FROM THEIR MOUTH_] This is rather a harsh construction. To avoid this, some have proposed to render מחרב _mechereb_, which we translate _from the_...
BUT HE SAVETH THE POOR FROM THE SWORD - He shows himself to be the friend and protector of the defenseless. The phrase “from the sword, from their mouth,” has been variously interpreted. Dr. Good rend...
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...
POOR. needy. FROM. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "of"....
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...
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...
_but He saveth_ Rather, SO HE SAVETH. The salvation of the poor is the consequence of defeating the devices of the crafty, as it is the object in view. _from the sword, from their mouth_ It is evident...
HE SAVETH THE POOR FROM THE SWORD, FROM THEIR MOUTH, &C.— Schultens imagines that it should be read, _from the sword which proceedeth out of his mouth;_ and this reading receives no small confirmation...
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...
_BUT HE SAVETH THE POOR FROM THE SWORD, FROM THEIR MOUTH, AND FROM THE HAND OF THE MIGHTY._ From the sword which proceedeth from their mouth - (Psalms 59:7). "Swords are in their lips" (Psalms 57:4)...
FROM THEIR MOUTH] RV 'of their mouth.' 17-27. The blessedness of affliction if regarded as correction....
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...
God cares about poor people. Rich people might be cruel to poor people. But God defends poor people. And Christians should help poor people too (Proverbs 22:22-23; Galatians 2:10; Matthew 11:5). Eliph...
FROM THE SWORD, FROM THEIR MOUTH. — It is merely a matter of grammatical nicety whether we regard the sword as coming forth from their mouth, or as identical with what comes forth from it, or as the f...
וַ יֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭ חֶרֶב מִ פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ
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...
_Mouth; detraction and calumny. (Calmet)_...
(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...
BUT HE SAVETH THE POOR,.... Who are so in a literal sense, and whom the Lord saves with a temporal salvation; these being the butt of the crafty, wise, and cunning, on whom their eyes are, for whom th...
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. Ver. 15. _But he saveth the poor from the sword_] From the woe of war, from the hurt of it, not always from t...
_But he saveth the poor_, &c. According to the order in which the words stand in the Hebrew, the translation is, _But he saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the p...
But He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, that is, from the sword which proceeds out of their mouth in the form of wicked slander, AND FROM THE HAND OF THE MIGHTY, the strong who deligh...
ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
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 POOR, or _helpless_; who therefore flee to God for refuge. FROM THEIR MOUTH, or, FROM THE SWORD which cometh out of their mouth, i.e. from all their censures, slanders, threatenings, deceitful ins...
Job 5:15 saves H3467 (H8686) needy H34 sword H2719 mouth H6310 mighty H2389 hand H3027 he saveth -...
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...
_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...
Psalms 10:14; Psalms 10:17; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 109:31; Psal
Mouth — Which was ready to swallow them up....