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Verse Job 5:17. _BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN_] הנח _hinneh, behold_,
is wanting in _five_ of _Kennicott's_ and _De Rossi's_ MSS., and also
in the _Syriac, Vulgate_, and _Arabic_.
We have had _fathers o...
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BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH - This verse commences a
new argument, designed to show that afflictions are followed by so
important advantages as to make it proper that we should submit...
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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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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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The idea of this verse occurs often in Scripture, cf. Psalms 94:12;
Proverbs 3:11; Hebrews 12:5....
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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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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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_BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH: THEREFORE DESPISE NOT
THOU THE CHASTENING OF THE ALMIGHTY:_
Happy. Not that the actual suffering is joyous; but the consideration
of the righteousness o...
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5:17 man (c-5) _ Enosh_ . see Psalms 8:4 ....
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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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Eliphaz thought that God was teaching Job about Job’s errors. So,
Eliphaz urged Job to learn discipline from God.
Sometimes we might have problems for this reason (Hebrews 12:5-11).
But this was not...
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This is probably the original of Proverbs 3:12, which is itself quoted
by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Job 12:5), while the
spirit of it is expressed by St. James and St. John in the Reve...
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הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נֹושׁ
יֹוכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ אֱלֹ֑והַּ וּ...
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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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BEHOLD, HAPPY [IS] THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH,.... Reproves, rebukes,
convinces by his word, which is profitable for correction of men's
minds and manners; and by his messengers, the prophets and min...
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Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not
thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Ver. 17. _Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth_] This behold
holds forth a paradox,...
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_Behold_ Consider, for what I am saying, though most true and
important, will not be believed, without serious consideration.
Eliphaz concludes his discourse with giving Job a comfortable hope of
deli...
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ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
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Behold, happy is the man, the mortal, in all his feebleness, WHOM GOD
CORRECTETH, since such an action on the part of God shows His fatherly
interest. THEREFORE DESPISE NOT THOU THE CHASTENING OF THE...
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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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"BEHOLD, HOW HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD REPROVES, SO DO NOT DESPISE THE
DISCIPLINE OF THE ALMIGHTY": What he says is often true, God does
discipline His people (Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5ff), the p...
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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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BEHOLD; for what I am saying, though most true, will not be believed
without serious consideration. HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTETH,
Heb. _blessednesses_ (i.e. various and great happiness, as the...
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Job 5:17 happy H835 man H582 God H433 corrects H3198 (H8686) despise
H3988 (H8799) chastening H4148 Almighty...
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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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_Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth._
HAPPINESS
“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.” There are
comparatively few happy ones on this world of ours. What is happiness?
The word is...
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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.
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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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Hebrews 12:5; James 1:12; James 5:11; Jeremiah 31:18; Proverbs 3:11;...
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Behold — Eliphaz concludes his discourse, with giving Job a
comfortable hope, if he humbled himself before God. Happy — Heb.
Blessednesses (various and great happiness) belong to that man whom
God reb...