Job 5:17

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 5:1-27

the Benefits of Chastisement Job 5:1-27 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 according to his philosophy. Affliction and trouble did not come by chance. It was as much a law of nature, so Eliphaz thought, for calamity to follow sin as for sparks to fly upward. However deeply evil men had rooted themselves, they were doomed to be destroyed. Was it not obvious that Job had... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 5:1-27

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 vexation and jealousy, such as Job had manifested, constitute such sin as produces final undoing. His attempted explanation of the meaning of suffering he then crystallized into proverbial form: Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. That is to say... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:8-27

Job 5:8-Daniel : . 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). Job 5:9-Nehemiah : gives the motive for submission, viz. the omnipotence of God, which is also a reason for hope. God’ s power is manifest in nature ( Job 5:10). He also shows it by the restoration of those who abase themselves ( Job 5:11), and equally by crashing the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 5:17

Behold; for what I am saying, though most true, will not be believed without serious consideration. Happy is the man whom God correcteth, Heb. blessednesses (i.e. various and great happiness, as the plural number implies) belong to that man whom God rebukes, to wit, with strokes, Job 33:16,Job 33:19. Those afflictions are so far from making thee miserable, as thou complainest, that they are, and will be, if thou dost thy duty, the means of thy happiness: which, though a paradox to the world, is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 5:1-27

THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ.—CONTINUEDI. 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 15:15; Daniel 8:13) wilt thou turn?” Job to expect no countenance to his language either from holy men or angels.Learn:—1. Vain for a sinner to appeal against God either to saints or angels. Every angel in heaven will take God’s part against the complaining sinner. Angels already taught the wickedness and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 5:1-27

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 who... they had already developed saints that they were turning to in trouble. Which saint do you have for boils, you know?For wrath killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the silly. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 5:1-27

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 should therefore bear their afflictions till God relieve them. Job 5:4 . His children are crushed in the gate, when brought before the elders for their wicked deeds. The gate of the city was the ancient bench of justice. Job 5:15 . He saveth the poor from [the threats] of their mouth. Job... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 5:17-18

Job 5:17-18Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Happiness“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.” There are comparatively few happy ones on this world of ours. What is happiness? The word is derived from “hap.” It may signify a happening of any kind, good or bad. Luck and hap stand to each other in the relation of cause and effect. Now “hap” means joyous haps alone. Happiness practically means the preparation for all haps, of whatever sort they may be. The happy man is he of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 5:17

Job 5:17 Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: Ver. 17. Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth ] This behold holds forth a paradox, a strange sight, viz. an afflicted man, a blessed man. This the world wondereth at, and can as little conceive of, or consent to, as the Philistines could of Samson’s riddle of meat out of the eater, &c. How can these things be, say they? It will never be, saith sense; it can never be,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:17

happy: Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 3:11, Proverbs 3:12, Jeremiah 31:18, Hebrews 12:5-1 Kings :, James 1:12, James 5:11, Revelation 3:19 Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:43 - and they Deuteronomy 8:5 - as a man Ruth 1:20 - the Almighty 2 Samuel 7:14 - I will 2 Samuel 24:12 - that I may Job 33:19 - chastened Psalms 51:8 - bones Psalms 118:18 - chastened Proverbs 27:6 - the wounds Hosea 7:15 - bound Micah 6:9 - hear 1 Corinthians 11:32 - we are 2 Corinthians 1:10 - General 2 Corinthians 4:9 - cast read more

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