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Verse Job 5:6. _AFFLICTION COMETH NOT FORTH OF THE DUST_] If there
were not an adequate cause, thou couldst not be so grievously
afflicted.
_SPRING OUT OF THE GROUND_] It is not from mere _natural_ c...
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ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION COMETH NOT FORTH OF THE DUST - Margin, “or
iniquity.” The marginal reading here has been inserted from the
different meanings attached to the Hebrew word. That word (און
_'âven_)...
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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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JOB 5:1 contains the application of the principles just laid down.
JOB 5:1. If the angels are imperfect, it is no use for Job to appeal
to them as intercessors with God. Duhm, following Siegfried, re...
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Job 5:1-7. Having laid this broad ground, Eliphaz proceeds to apply
the principle to Job....
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Eliphaz now sums up into an aphorism the great general principle which
he seeks to illustrate in this section of his speech, ch. Job 4:12 to
Job 5:7. It is that affliction is not accidental, nor a spo...
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_Although affliction_ Rather, FOR AFFLICTION. The foregoing examples,
the general evil and imperfection of man, ch. Job 4:12 _seq_., and the
particular rebelliousness of the fool, ch. Job 5:2 _seq_.,...
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Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the
unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all creatures,
and warns Job against such complaints
Having expressed his wonder th...
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ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION COMETH NOT, &C.— The Hebrew is rather, _For
iniquity cometh not forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble spring
out of the ground; i.e._ "As the wickedness of men does not proce...
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3. The fate of the wicked (the foolish) is certain destruction. (Job
5:1-7)
TEXT 5:1-7
5 Call now; is there any that will answer thee?
And to which of the holy ones wilt thou torn?
2 For vexation k...
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_ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION COMETH NOT FORTH OF THE DUST, NEITHER DOTH
TROUBLE SPRING OUT OF THE GROUND;_
Although - rather, For truly (Umbreit).
AFFLICTION COMETH NOT FORTH OF THE DUST - like a weed, of...
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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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Here, Eliphaz linked his dream (Job 4:12-21) with his story (Job
5:1-5). If nobody is innocent, then everybody deserves troubles! So,
Job could not be an innocent man. And Job deserved his troubles.
E...
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ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION.... — These two verses are confessedly very
difficult. It is hard to see also the connection between sparks flying
upwards and man’s being born to trouble. It seems to give better...
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כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא ־יֵצֵ֣א מֵ עָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן
וּ֝
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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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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, (h) neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
(h) That is, the earth is not the cause of barrenness and man's
misery, but his own sin....
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_Ground. If you had not sinned, you would not suffer. (Calmet)_...
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(1) В¶ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which
of the saints wilt thou turn? (2) For wrath killeth the foolish man,
and envy slayeth the silly one. (3) I have seen the foolish ta...
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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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ALTHOUGH AFFLICTION COMETH NOT FORTH OF THE DUST,.... Or rather, "for"
or "indeed" y, this being a reason showing that wicked men are justly
afflicted and punished; seeing their afflictions come not f...
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble
spring out of the ground;
Ver. 6. _Although addiction cometh not forth of the dust_] It cometh
not by fate or blind fortune, it...
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_Although affliction cometh not forth_ out _of the dust_ The word
און, _aven_, here rendered _affliction_, rather signifies
_iniquity_, and the clause is literally, _Iniquity cometh not forth
out of t...
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Although affliction, every kind of misery and evil, COMETH NOT FORTH
OF THE DUST, NEITHER DOTH TROUBLE SPRING OUT OF THE GROUND, that is,
the misfortunes of men are not like accidental weedy growths;...
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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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AFFLICTION:
Or, iniquity...
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"FOR AFFLICTION DOES NOT COME FROM THE DUST, NOR DOES TROUBLE SPROUT
FROM THE GROUND": The source of the troubles does not come from the
ground but from within the man....
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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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ALTHOUGH, or _for_, or rather, _because_. So the following words may
contain a reason why he should _seek unto God_, as he exhorts him, JOB
5:8. Or, _surely_, as that particle is oft used. And so it i...
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Job 5:6 affliction H205 come H3318 (H8799) dust H6083 trouble H5999
spring H6779 (H8799) ground H127
affliction -
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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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_Affliction cometh not forth of the dust._
HUMAN SUFFERING
“Affliction comet, h not forth of the dust, nor doth trouble spring
out of the ground.” The liability of man to suffering is one of the
most...
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_Call now, if there be any that will answer thee._
MORAL EVIL AS VIEWED BY AN ENLIGHTENED NATURAL RELIGIONIST
How does Eliphaz appear to view sin?
I. As excluding the sinner from the sympathy of the...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:6 Returning to his agricultural comparison in Job
4:8, Eliphaz argues that AFFLICTION and TROUBLE do not grow out of the...
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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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1 Samuel 6:9; Amos 3:6; Deuteronomy 32:27; Hebrews 12:15; Hosea 10:4;...
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The dust — It springs not up by merely natural causes, as herbs grow
out of the earth: but from God. Eliphaz here begins to change his
voice, as if he would atone for the hard words he had spoken....