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Verse Job 5:9. _WHICH DOETH GREAT THINGS_] No work, however
complicated, is too deep for his counsel to plan; none, however
stupendous, is too great for his power to execute. He who is upright
is alwa...
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WHICH DOETH GREAT THINGS - The object of this is, to show why Job
should commit his cause to God. The reason suggested is, that he had
showed himself qualified to govern the world by the great and
won...
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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 (Job 5:1)...
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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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MARVELLOUS. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read
"and marvellous"....
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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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I WOULD SEEK UNTO GOD, &C.— i.e. (For Eliphaz had precluded him from
all attempts to justify himself in the foregoing part of his advice.)
"I would apply to God with a full and free confession of thos...
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4. My advicea) Return to God who rewards the righteous. (Job 5:8-16)
TEXT 5:8-16
8 BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK UNTO GOD,
And unto God would I commit my cause;
9 Who doeth great things and unsearch...
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_WHICH DOETH GREAT THINGS AND UNSEARCHABLE; MARVELLOUS THINGS WITHOUT
NUMBER:_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלֹות וְ אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר
נִ֝פְלָאֹ֗ות עַד ־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃...
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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 acc...
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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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Which (l) doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things
without number:
(l) He counsels Job to humble himself to God to whom all creatures are
subject and whose works declare that man is ine...
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(9) Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things
without number: (10) Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth
waters upon the fields: (11) To set up on high those that be low; that...
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_THINGS UNSEARCHABLE_
‘I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: which
doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without
number.’
Job 5:8
I. HOW MANY ‘UNSEARCHABLE T...
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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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WHICH DOETH GREAT THINGS,.... The things of creation are great things,
the making of the heavens and the earth, and all therein, by the word
of the Almighty, out of nothing, and which is a display of...
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_Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without
number:_
Ver. 9. _Which doth great things and unsearchable_] The better to
persuade Job to take his counsel, he entereth into a l...
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_Which doth great things and unsearchable_ Here Eliphaz enters upon a
discourse of the infinite perfection of God's nature and works; which
he does as an argument to enforce the exhortation to _seek a...
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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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AND UNSEARCHABLE:
_ Heb._ and there is no search
WITHOUT NUMBER:
_ Heb._ till there be no number...
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Job is encouraged to seek God because God is powerful and majestic,
benevolent, and encourages and helps the downcast, frustrates the
shrewd, and delivers the poor and helpless. This advice is not wro...
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6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is
to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and
adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and...
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Here Eliphaz enters upon a discourse of the infinite perfection and
greatness of God's nature and works; which he doth partly as an
argument to enforce the exhortation to _seek and commit his cause to...
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Job 5:9 does H6213 (H8802) things H1419 unsearchable H369 H2714 things
H6381 (H8737) number H4557
doeth - Job 9:10, Job 11:7-9, Job 37:5; Psalms 40:5, Psalms 72:18,...
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Job 5:8
The truth which was here held up before Job is an inspiring one. We
have to do with a God who does unsearchably marvellous things, not a
few, but many, things, literally numberless.
I. Why th...
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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 would seek unto God._
MARVELS AND PRAYER
Nothing could be better than the counsel proffered in the text,
nothing more certain than the grounds on which he rests his counsel.
To seek unto God, and...
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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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Isaiah 40:28; Job 11:7; Job 26:5; Job 37:5; Job 9:10; Psalms 139:18;
Psalms 40:5; Psalms 72:18; Psalms 86:10; Romans 11:33...
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Who, &c. — Here Eliphaz enters upon a discourse of the infinite
perfection of God's nature and works; which he doth as an argument to
enforce the exhortation to seek and commit his cause to God, Job 5...