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Verse Job 5:22. _AT DESTRUCTION AND FAMINE THOU SHALT LAUGH_] This
most forcibly expresses the strongest security, and confidence in that
security. "In the desolation of Sihon, and in the famine of th...
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AT DESTRUCTION AND FAMINE THOU SHALT LAUGH - That is thou shalt be
perfectly safe and happy. They shall not come upon thee; and when they
approach with threatening aspect, thou shalt smile with consci...
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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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FAMINE. pains of hunger. Hebrew. _kaphan._ Not the same word as Job
5:20.
LAUGH. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for the
feeling of security expressed by it....
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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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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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_AT DESTRUCTION AND FAMINE THOU SHALT LAUGH: NEITHER SHALT THOU BE
AFRAID OF THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH._
Famine thou shalt laugh - not in spite of destruction and famine,
which is true (Habakkuk 3:17),...
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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 promised many good things if Job would trust God. And Eliphaz
was right. God cares about his people. See Deuteronomy 28:1-14. God
promises us many wonderful things. But we may not receive all...
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NEITHER SHALT THOU BE AFRAID OF THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH. —
Literally, _and of the beasts of the earth be not thou afraid.
_...
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לְ שֹׁ֣ד וּ לְ כָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽ
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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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At destruction and famine thou shalt (t) laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.
(t) While the wicked lament in their troubles, you will have occasion
to rejoice....
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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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AT DESTRUCTION AND FAMINE THOU SHALT LAUGH,.... Not deride and despise
them, and make a jest of them; for good men have a reverence and awe
of the righteous judgments of God upon them, when they are i...
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Ver. 22. _At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh_] viz. By the
force of thy faith, which (like...
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_Thou shalt be hid_ Protected, as in some secret and safe place; _from
the scourge of the tongue_ From false accusations, and virulent
slanders and reproaches. _Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruc...
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ELIPHAZ ADMONISHES JOB TO BEAR HIS TRIAL PATIENTLY...
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, knowing that they are
powerless to harm him; NEITHER SHALT THOU BE AFRAID OF THE BEASTS OF
THE EARTH, who in ancient times were often a severe scourge....
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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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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 not only be _redeemed from famine_, JOB 5:20, and _not fear
destruction_, JOB 5:21, but thou shalt laugh at them; not with a
laughter of scorn and contempt, as this word is used, Job 39:18...
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Job 5:22 laugh H7832 (H8799) destruction H7701 famine H3720 afraid
H3372 (H8799) beasts H2416 earth H776
laug
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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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2 Kings 19:21; Ezekiel 34:25; Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 65:25...
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Laugh — With a laughter of joy and triumph, arising from a just
security and confidence in God's watchful and gracious providence....