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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...
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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...
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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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THY GOOD. thyself....
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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.”...
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הִנֵּה ־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן
־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה...
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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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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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FOR THY GOOD:
_ Heb._ for thyself...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Job 5:27 searched H2713 (H8804) Hear H8085 (H8798) know H3045 (H8798)
we have searched - Job 8:8-10
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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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_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...
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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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Deuteronomy 10:13; Job 12:2; Job 15:10; Job 15:17; Job 15:9;...
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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...