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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_...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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POOR. needy.
FROM. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "of"....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)...
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FROM THEIR MOUTH] RV 'of their mouth.'
17-27. The blessedness of affliction if regarded as correction....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭ חֶרֶב מִ פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 s...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Job 5:15 saves H3467 (H8686) needy H34 sword H2719 mouth H6310 mighty
H2389 hand H3027
he saveth -...
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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...
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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...
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_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:...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 10:14; Psalms 10:17; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 109:31; Psal
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Mouth — Which was ready to swallow them up....