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Verse Job 5:3. _I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT_] I have seen
wicked men for a time in prosperity, and becoming established in the
earth; but I well knew, from God's manner of dealing with men, th...
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I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH - The wicked. To confirm the sentiment which
he had just advanced, Eliphaz appeals to his own observation, and says
that though the wicked for a time seem to be prosperous, yet...
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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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JOB 5:1 contains the application of the principles just laid down.
JOB 5:1. If the angels are imperfect, it is no use for Job to appeal
to them as intercessors with God. Duhm, following Siegfried, re...
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SUDDENLY. at once.
CURSED. noted, stigmatized, or pointed out. Hebrew. _nakab:_ i.e.
"declared [the fate of) his habitation. "Supply Figure of speech
_Ellipsis_ (App-6) by adding "saying", and mark v...
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Job 5:1-7. Having laid this broad ground, Eliphaz proceeds to apply
the principle to Job....
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Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the
unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all creatures,
and warns Job against such complaints
Having expressed his wonder th...
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_the foolish_ Rather perhaps, A FOOLISH MAN, the same word as in Job
5:2. Eliphaz cites an instance from his own experience confirming the
truth stated in Job 5:2. He saw a man of this character takin...
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3. The fate of the wicked (the foolish) is certain destruction. (Job
5:1-7)
TEXT 5:1-7
5 Call now; is there any that will answer thee?
And to which of the holy ones wilt thou torn?
2 For vexation k...
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_I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT: BUT SUDDENLY I CURSED HIS
HABITATION._
The foolish - the wicked. I have seen the sinner spread his roots
(Isaiah 27:6) wide in prosperity, yet circumstances sudd...
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CURSED] i.e. rejected as an accursed thing. At first Eliphaz was
inclined to envy the prosperity of the wicked; but in a moment he sees
there is no room for envy. He would not accept their position at...
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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 saw these events. So, Eliphaz thought, ‘God is punishing
this man.’ And Eliphaz thought that this was fair. Eliphaz was sure
that this evil man deserved these troubles.
Perhaps Eliphaz was ri...
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I CURSED. — The word means, “I was able to declare distinctly, and
I did declare without hesitation, that his lot would be as follows.”
All these general results of experience have the sting of insinu...
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אֲֽנִי ־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל
מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָ אֶקֹּ֖וב...
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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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I have seen the (c) foolish taking root: but suddenly I (d) cursed his
habitation.
(c) That is, the sinner that does not have the fear of God.
(d) I was not moved by his prosperity but knew that God...
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_And I. Septuagint, "But presently their subsistence was eaten up." I
envied not their riches: but judged they would soon end. (Haydock)_...
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(1) В¶ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which
of the saints wilt thou turn? (2) For wrath killeth the foolish man,
and envy slayeth the silly one. (3) I have seen the foolish ta...
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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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I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT,.... Such foolish wicked men as
before described; those Eliphaz had observed to prosper in the world,
and increase in riches, and even to have attained to a seeming...
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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his
habitation.
Ver. 3. _I have seen the foolish taking root_] _q.d._ I grant that
wicked men are not always presently punished, _sed Nemesi...
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_I have seen the foolish taking root_ I have observed the wicked man,
whom I term foolish, as being destitute of true, that is, of heavenly,
wisdom, not only prosperous for the present, but, as it see...
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I have seen the foolish taking root, like a luscious plant in rich
soil, as though his prosperity would endure forever; BUT SUDDENLY I
CURSED HIS HABITATION, that is, a sudden destruction at the hand...
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ANSWERING A POSSIBLE OBJECTION ON JOB'S PART...
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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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"I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT, AND. CURSED HIS ABODE
IMMEDIATELY": He now speaks of. fool he had known who had prospered
("taken root") for. while, and yet he was suddenly cursed. "The
unright...
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1-5 Eliphaz here calls upon Job to answer his arguments. Were any of
the saints or servants of God visited with such Divine judgments as
Job, or did they ever behave like him under their sufferings?...
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I have oft observed it in my experience. Having severely rebuked Job
for his transports of passion and intemperate speeches against God, he
now returns to his former argument, and proves that such dre...
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Job 5:3 seen H7200 (H8804) foolish H191 root H8327 (H8688) suddenly
H6597 cursed H5344 (H8799) place...
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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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_I have seen the foolish taking root._
1. Wicked men may flourish in great outward prosperity.
2. Wicked men may not only flourish and grow, but they may flourish
and grow a great while. I ground it...
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_Call now, if there be any that will answer thee._
MORAL EVIL AS VIEWED BY AN ENLIGHTENED NATURAL RELIGIONIST
How does Eliphaz appear to view sin?
I. As excluding the sinner from the sympathy of the...
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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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Acts 1:20; Deuteronomy 27:15; Jeremiah 12:1; Job 27:8; Psalms 37:35;
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Foolish — The wicked man. Root — Not only prosperous for the
present, but, as it seemed, firm and secure for the future. Suddenly
— In a moment, beyond mine, and his own, and all other mens
expectatio...