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Verse Job 5:4. _HIS CHILDREN ARE FAR FROM SAFETY_] His posterity shall
not continue in prosperity. _Ill gotten, ill spent_; whatever is got
by wrong must have God's curse on it.
_THEY ARE CRUSHED IN...
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HIS CHILDREN ARE FAR FROM SAFETY - That is, this is soon manifest by
their being cut off or subjected to calamity. The object of Eliphaz
is, to state the result of his own observation, and to show how...
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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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CHILDREN. sons....
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These verses describe the desolation that befell the home and family
of the man who hardened himself against God. The speaker falls here
into the present tenses because, though he is describing an ins...
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_they are crushed in the gate_ The gate of the town is the seat of the
Oriental court of law, where justice is administered, ch. Job 29:7;
Job 31:21; Psalms 127:5. The words _are crushed_might be reci...
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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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IN THE GATE— _In the tempest._ See ch. Job 9:17 and Parkhurst on the
word שׁער _shangar,_ 9....
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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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_HIS CHILDREN ARE FAR FROM SAFETY, AND THEY ARE CRUSHED IN THE GATE,
NEITHER IS THERE ANY TO DELIVER THEM._
His children ... crushed in the gate - a judicial formula. The gate
was the place of judgme...
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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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THEY ARE CRUSHED. — Rather, perhaps, _they crush one another._ Their
internal rivalries and dissensions bring them to ruin. They exemplify
the house divided against itself....
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יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִ יֶּ֑שַׁע וְ
יִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ...
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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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His (e) children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the (f)
gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
(e) Though God sometimes allows the father's to pass in this world,
yet his judgm...
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_Gate, in judgment. (Menochius)_...
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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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HIS CHILDREN ARE FAR FROM SAFETY,.... From outward safety, from evils
and dangers, to which they are liable and exposed, not only from men,
who hate them for their father's sake, who have been oppress...
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,
neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
Ver. 4. _His children are far from safety_] This is one principal
root of wicked men, viz...
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_His children_ Whose greatness he designed in all his enterprises,
supposing his family would be established for ever; _are far from
safety_ Are exposed to dangers and calamities, and can neither
pres...
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His children are far from safety, they were without help, when the
curse of God descended upon him, AND THEY ARE CRUSHED IN THE GATE,
NEITHER IS THERE ANY TO DELIVER THEM, the reference being to the g...
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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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"HIS SONS ARE FAR FROM SAFETY": Here he is pouring salt into Job's
open wounds by basically blaming Job for the death of his children.
The problem with his argument is the misconception that because....
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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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HIS CHILDREN; whose greatness and happiness he designed in all his
enterprises, supposing that his family was and would be established
for ever. ARE FAR FROM SAFETY, i.e. are exposed to great dangers...
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Job 5:4 sons H1121 far H7368 (H8799) safety H3468 crushed H1792
(H8691) gate H8179 deliverer H5337 ...
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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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_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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Exodus 20:5; Job 1:19; Job 10:7; Job 18:16; Job 27:14;...
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Children — Whose greatness he designed in all his enterprizes,
supposing his family would be established for ever. Safely — Are
exposed to dangers and calamities, and can neither preserve
themselves,...