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Verse Job 5:14. _THEY MEET WITH DARKNESS IN THE DAYTIME_] God
confounds them and their measures; and, with all their cunning and
dexterity, they are outwitted, and often act on their own projects,
pl...
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THEY MEET WITH DARKNESS IN THE DAY-TIME - Margin, “run into;”
compare the notes at Isaiah 59:10. The sense is, that where there is
really no obstacle to the accomplishment of an honest plan - any more...
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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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MEET. meet repeatedly....
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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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_THEY MEET WITH DARKNESS IN THE DAYTIME, AND GROPE IN THE NOONDAY AS
IN THE NIGHT._
They meet. Judicial blindness often is sent upon keen men of the
world (Deuteronomy 28:29). "Thou shalt grope at no...
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The bewildered, haunted state into which the crooked devices of the
wicked bring them....
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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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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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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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DARKNESS IN THE DAYTIME. — This is possibly an allusion to the
Egyptian plague of darkness “that may be felt” (Exodus 10:21), as
the words used are similar. This may be a note of probable date.
(Compa...
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יֹומָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝ כַ
† לַּ֗יְלָה...
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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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They meet with (n) darkness in the daytime, and (o) grope in the
noonday as in the night.
(n) In things plain and evident they show themselves fools instead of
wise men.
(o) This declares that God p...
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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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THEY MEET WITH DARKNESS IN THE DAYTIME,.... Which may denote their
infatuation in things the most plain and clear, and which are obvious
to everyone's view, even to such as are of much meaner capaciti...
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They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in
the night.
Ver. 14. _They meet with darkness in the daytime_] They are
infatuated and besotted; a spirit of giddiness seizeth th...
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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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They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in
the night, afflicted with blindness by God, being punished for their
impertinent behavior in vaunting their own wisdom....
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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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MEET:
Or, run into...
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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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i.e. In plain things they run into gross mistakes and errors, and
commonly choose those counsels and courses which are worst for
themselves. DARKNESS oft notes misery, but here ignorance or error, as...
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Job 5:14 meet H6298 (H8762) darkness H2822 daytime H3119 grope H4959
(H8762) noontime H6672 night H3915
darkn
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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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Amos 8:9; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Job 12:25; Proverbs 4:19...
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Meet — In plain things they run into gross mistakes, and chuse those
courses which are worst for themselves. Darkness often notes misery,
but here ignorance or error. Grope — Like blind men to find th...