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Verse Job 5:26. _THOU SHALT COME TO THY GRAVE_] Thou shalt not die
before thy time; thou shalt depart from life like a full-fed guest;
happy in what thou hast known, and in what thou hast enjoyed.
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THOU SHALT COME TO THY GRAVE IN FULL AGE - That is, thou shalt have
long life; thou shalt not be cut down prematurely, nor by any sudden
calamity. It is to be remembered that long life was regarded as...
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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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And finally he shall receive the crowning blessing of man on earth, to
live long and die old and full of years; cf. Psalms 102:24; Isaiah
38:10; Numbers 23:10. The _Speaker's Comm_. quotes the followi...
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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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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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THOU SHALT COME TO THY GRAVE IN A FULL AGE, &C.— _In old age shalt
thou come to the sepulchre, as the corn is heaped upon the
threshing-floor in its season._ Thus Heath, more agreeably to the
Hebrew....
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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 COME TO THY GRAVE IN A FULL AGE, LIKE AS A SHOCK OF CORN
COMETH IN IN HIS SEASON._
In a full age - so full of days (42:17; Genesis 35:29). Not mere
length of years, but ripeness for death...
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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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A farmer must collect his grain at the right time. Then the grain will
be useful and valuable. But grain is not useful if the farmer collects
it too early.
Eliphaz wanted Job to live until he was old...
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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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THOU SHALT COME TO THY GRAVE. — There is not improbably a contrast
implied here between _going into_ the grave and _going up_ (see the
margin) to the barn. The grave in such a case is not the melancho...
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תָּבֹ֣וא בְ כֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי ־קָ֑בֶר כַּ
עֲלֹ֖ות
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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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Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in (y) a full age, like as a shock of
corn cometh in his season.
(y) Though the children of God have not always carried out this
promise, yet God recompenses it otherwi...
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_Abundance. "With loud lamentations." (De Dieu) --- "In full age, like
as a shock of corn cometh in its season." (Protestants) --- After a
life spent in happiness, thy memory will not be obliterated....
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(26) Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of
corn cometh in his season.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Oh! how
sweet is it to know that he that li...
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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 COME TO [THY] GRAVE IN A FULL AGE,.... Or, "go into thy
grave" o, which is represented as a house to enter into and dwell in;
and so the wise man calls it man's long home, and Job his house...
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Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
Ver. 26. _Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age_] In a good old
age, or (as the Hebrew hath it, Gen...
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_Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age:_ &c. Heath translates it,
_In old age shalt thou come to the sepulchre, as the corn is heaped
upon the thrashing-floor in its season._ Thou shalt die in a...
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, in a ripe old age, in
unbroken vigor, LIKE AS A SHOCK OF CORN COMETH IN IN HIS SEASON, dead
ripe, and carried up to the threshing-floor, yielding up its ric...
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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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COMETH IN:
_ Heb._ ascendeth...
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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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IN A FULL AGE; in a mature and old, but vigorous, age, as the word
implies. Thou shalt not be cut off by a hand of violence before thy
time, as thy sons and other wicked men have been; but shalt die i...
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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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_Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age._
THE DEATH OF THE CHRISTIAN
I. Death is inevitable. “Thou shalt come.” This remark is very
trite, simple, and common. But while this is a truth so well k...
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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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Genesis 15:15; Genesis 25:8; Job 42:16; Job 42:17; Proverbs 10:27;...
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Full age — In a mature and old, but vigorous age, as the word
implies. It is a great blessing, to live to a full age, and not to
have the number of our years cut short. Much more, to be willing to
die...