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Verse Job 5:13. _HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS_] So
counterworks them as to cause their feet to be taken in their own
snares, and their evil dealings to fall on their own pate. Such
freq...
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HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS - This passage is quoted by
the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:19, with the usual formula in
referring to the Old Testament, γέγραπται γάρ
_gegraptai_ _ga...
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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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HE TAKETH, &C. This is quoted in 1 Corinthians 3:19 direct.
FROWARD. perverse. Hebrew. _pathal,_ to twist....
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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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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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_in their own craftiness_ Quoted by St Paul, 1 Corinthians 3:19. This
is the only quotation from the Book of Job in the New Testament,
though Romans 11:35 seems a reminiscence of Job 41:11;...
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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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_HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS: AND THE COUNSEL OF THE
FROWARD IS CARRIED HEADLONG._
He taketh - Paul (1 Corinthians 3:19) quoted this clause with the
formula establishing its inspiratio...
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5:13 wise (a-4) Or 'clever.' headlong. (b-17) Or 'overthrown.'...
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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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HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS] quoted by St. Paul in 1
Corinthians 3:19, the only quotation from Job in the NT. IS CARRIED
HEADLONG] i.e. furthered to their hurt....
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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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These words are also true. But we can see Eliphaz’s mistake again.
Eliphaz did not realise that some evil plans succeed. And Eliphaz
thought that God would punish these evil people immediately....
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HE TAKETH THE WISE. — St. Paul quotes the former half of this verse
in his warning to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 3:19): “The wisdom
of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He tak...
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לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּ עָרְמָ֑ם וַ
עֲצַ֖ת נִפְת
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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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(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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HE TAKETH THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS,.... As beasts are taken in
a pit, or birds in a snare or net, or with birdlime; so these crafty
men, who are wise in their own opinion, and really so in thi...
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
Ver. 13. _He taketh the wise in their own craftiness_] Those wise to
do evil, worldly wise, mere Machia...
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_He taketh the wise in their own craftiness_ Men wise to do evil, or
wise in the opinion of the world; he not only deceives their hopes and
counsels, but turns those counsels against themselves. _And...
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, so that they are shown to
be fools before Him and their plans result in ruin to themselves, AND
THE COUNSEL OF THE FROWARD, those who try to be cunning in s...
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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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"HE CAPTURES THE WISE BY THEIR OWN SHREWDNESS": "The image of total
confusion which ensnares the crafty (Deut. Job 28:29; Isaiah 19:14;
Job 59:10)" _(Strauss p. 48)._ This is the only verse quoted dir...
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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 WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS; wicked men, who are wise to do evil,
and wise in the opinion of the world, he not only deceiveth in their
hopes and counsels, but turns them against themselves; as we...
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Job 5:13 catches H3920 (H8802) wise H2450 craftiness H6193 counsel
H6098 cunning H6617 (H8737) quickly H4116 ...
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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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_He taketh the wise in their own craftiness._
1. The wisdom of natural men is nothing but craft or wit to do
wickedly.
2. Satan makes use of subtle, crafty men, and abuseth their parts for
his own p...
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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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The wise — Men wise to do evil, and wise in the opinion of the
world, he not only deceives in their hopes and counsels, but turns
them against themselves. Froward — Or, wrestlers: such as wind and
tur...
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Why does Paul quote these words of Eliphaz if Eliphaz was rebuked by
God in Job 42:7 for what he said?
PROBLEM: Eliphaz was one of the friends of Job who came to comfort him
in his affliction. In Job...