Job 5:26

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 5:26

Job 5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age.The death of the ChristianI. Death is inevitable. “Thou shalt come.” This remark is very trite, simple, and common. But while this is a truth so well known, there is none so much forgotten.II. Death to the christian is always acceptable. “Thou shalt come to thy grave”; intimating a willingness, and a cheerfulness to die. Thou shalt not be dragged or hurried. A Christian has nothing to lose by death.III. The Christian’s death is always timely.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 5:26

Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. Ver. 26. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age ] In a good old age, or (as the Hebrew hath it, Gen 25:8 ) with a good hoar head, in an ευγηρια , when thou hast even a satiety of life, and art as willing to die as ever thou wast to dine, or to rise from table after a full meal. The Hebrews made a feast when they were past 60 years of age; and some of them observe that the numeral letters... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 5:26

in a full age: Job 42:16, Job 42:17, Genesis 15:15, Genesis 25:8, Psalms 91:16, Proverbs 9:11, Proverbs 10:27 cometh: Heb. ascendeth Reciprocal: Genesis 35:29 - Isaac Genesis 49:33 - and yielded Exodus 23:26 - the number Judges 8:32 - died in 1 Chronicles 23:1 - old 1 Chronicles 29:28 - a good old age 2 Chronicles 24:15 - and was full of days Job 29:18 - multiply Psalms 116:15 - Precious Proverbs 3:2 - length Isaiah 65:20 - There shall Zechariah 8:4 - There Mark 4:29 - brought forth Luke... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.Full age — In a mature and old, but vigorous age, as the word implies. It is a great blessing, to live to a full age, and not to have the number of our years cut short. Much more, to be willing to die, to come chearfully to the grave: and to die seasonably, just in the bed-time, when our souls are ripe for God. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 5:26

26. Like as a shock of corn cometh Literally, Like the going up of a heap of sheaves. The threshing-floor was on some open and elevated spot, that there might be a free circulation of the air, and the grain be more easily winnowed. As the carts, crowned with the ripened grain, were driven up the ascent, a sense of triumph must have filled the heart of the husbandman. While the paths of earthly glory “lead but to the grave,” the course of the man of God, even in death, is an ascension, a... read more