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Verse Job 5:25. _THINE OFFSPRING AS THE GRASS_] Thou shalt have a
numerous and permanent issue....
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THOU SHALT KNOW ALSO THAT THY SEED SHALL BE GREAT - Margin,
“much.” That is, thy posterity shall be numerous. This was one of
the blessings supposed to be connected with the favor of God; see the
note...
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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 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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Another much-desired joy he shall feel that God has given him, a
numerous offspring....
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DISCOURSE: 455
THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Job 5:19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there
shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death:
and in war from 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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_THOU SHALT KNOW ALSO THAT THY SEED SHALL BE GREAT, AND THINE
OFFSPRING AS THE GRASS OF THE EARTH._
As the grass. "They of the city shall flourish like grass of the
earth" (Psalms 72:16). Properly, h...
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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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This is like God’s promise to Abraham. See Genesis 12:2; Genesis
15:2-5; Hebrews 11:11-12....
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GREAT. — The word means also _numerous,_ which seems to suit the
parallelism better here. The whole description is a very beautiful and
poetical one of the perfect security of faith, though it is to a...
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וְֽ֭ יָדַעְתָּ כִּי ־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ
וְ֝ צֶאֱצ
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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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(19) He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall
no evil touch thee. (20) In famine he shall redeem thee from death:
and in war from the power of the sword. (21) Thou shalt be hid...
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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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THOU SHALT KNOW ALSO THAT THY SEED [SHALL BE] GREAT,.... Not his seed
sown in the earth, and the increase of that, but his children, as the
next clause explains it, as Bar Tzemach well observes; and d...
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.
Ver. 25. _Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great_] Thou
shalt live to see thy children ...
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_Thou shalt know_ By assurance from God's promises, the impressions of
his Spirit, and by experience, in due time, _that thy seed shall be
great_ Thy posterity, which God shall give thee, instead of t...
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, plentiful in
numbers, AND THINE OFFSPRING AS THE GRASS OF THE EARTH, this being
considered a very great blessing throughout the Bible, just as
childl...
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ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
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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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GREAT:
Or, much...
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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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THOU SHALT KNOW; partly by assurance from God's promises, and the
impressions of his Spirit; and partly by experience in due time. THY
SEED SHALL BE GREAT; thy posterity, which God will give thee inst...
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Job 5:25 know H3045 (H8804) descendants H2233 many H7227 offspring
H6631 grass H6212 earth H776
thy seed -...
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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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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
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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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Deuteronomy 28:4; Genesis 15:5; Job 42:13; Leviticus 26:9; Psalms 11
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Know — By assurance from God's promises, and the impressions of his
Spirit; and by experience in due time....