JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:1 Eliphaz asks if there are any creatures left on earth (ANYONE) or in heaven (THE HOLY ONES) to whom Job can appeal. It is a rhetorical question; he assumes he is right and doesn’t really expect an answer. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len... [ Continue Reading ]
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 DUST or GROUND. Rather, they are the result of everything a person does from the day he is BORN. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = documen [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:16 The wicked sit in stunned silence at the reversal of their fortune. Likewise, Eliphaz implies, Job should consider his misfortune as evidence of God’s just purposes. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 5:19 FROM SIX TROUBLES; IN SEVEN (v. Job 5:19). The numbers are used symbolically to draw particular attention to the final element: if Job will accept his situation as God’s discipline, he will be spared from his trouble and will be brought to a “ripe old age” (v. Job 5:26). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]