Job 5

Eliphaz Continues: God Disciplines Those He Loves

1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Holy: Job 15:15. Parallel theme: Job 4:18

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. Judgment: Proverbs 12:16. Parallel theme: Job 18:4, Ecclesiastes 7:9

3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. Parallel theme: Psalms 119:155, 127:5

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Parallel theme: Jeremiah 51:34, 51:44, Lamentations 2:16, Hosea 8:7

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Parallel theme: Isaiah 45:7

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Parallel theme: Job 14:1, Ecclesiastes 1:8, 2:22, 1 Corinthians 10:13

8 I would seek unto GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity., and unto God would I commit my cause: References God: Job 8:5, 1 Peter 4:19. Parallel theme: Job 22:21, 22:27, Psalms 37:5, 50:15, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 2:23 +3

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Parallel theme: Job 9:10, 37:5, 42:3, Psalms 40:5, 72:18, 86:10, 139:18, Isaiah 40:28, Romans 11:33 +4

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: Parallel theme: Psalms 147:8, Jeremiah 5:24, 14:22, Acts 14:17

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 33:27, Psalms 107:41, 113:7, Ezekiel 17:24, Luke 6:21, 1 Peter 5:10

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Parallel theme: Nehemiah 4:15, Psalms 21:11, 37:17, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 8:10, 19:3, 37:36, Acts 12:11 +3

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Parallel theme: 2 Samuel 15:31, 15:34, 17:23, Esther 7:10, 9:25, Psalms 18:26, Proverbs 3:32, Luke 1:51, 1 Corinthians 3:19 +4

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. Darkness: Job 12:25, Deuteronomy 28:29, Proverbs 4:19, Amos 8:9. Parallel theme: Isaiah 59:10

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. Salvation: Psalms 72:4, 109:31. Parallel theme: Job 4:10, Psalms 10:14, 10:17, 35:10, 107:41, 140:12 +3

16 So the poor hath hopeHope: תִּקְוָה (Tikvah). The Hebrew tikvah (תִּקְוָה) means hope or expectation—confident trust in God's promises. 'Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God' (Psalm 146:5)., and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Sin: Psalms 107:42. Parallel theme: Psalms 63:11

17 Behold, happy is the man whom GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: References God: Jeremiah 31:18. Parallel theme: Psalms 94:12, James 1:12, 5:11, Revelation 3:19

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:6, Psalms 147:3, Isaiah 30:26, Hosea 6:1

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Evil: Proverbs 24:16. Parallel theme: Psalms 34:19, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Peter 2:9

20 In famine he shall redeemRedeem: גָּאַל (Gaal). The Hebrew gaal (גָּאַל) means to redeem or act as kinsman-redeemer (go'el)—buying back family property or relatives. It foreshadows Christ redeeming His people through His blood. thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Redemption: Hosea 13:14. Word: Psalms 144:10. Parallel theme: Genesis 45:7, 1 Kings 17:6, Psalms 27:3, 33:19, 37:19, Proverbs 10:3, Habakkuk 3:17, Matthew 24:6 +5

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Parallel theme: Psalms 31:20, 55:21, Proverbs 12:18, Jeremiah 18:18

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. Parallel theme: Psalms 91:13, Isaiah 35:9, 65:25, Ezekiel 34:25, Hosea 2:18

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. Peace: Leviticus 26:6. Parallel theme: Daniel 6:22, Hosea 2:18

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. Temple: Job 18:6. Parallel theme: Job 8:6, 18:21, Deuteronomy 28:6, Psalms 91:10, 107:4

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Parallel theme: Genesis 15:5, Leviticus 26:9, Deuteronomy 28:4, Psalms 72:16, 112:2

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. Parallel theme: Genesis 15:15, 25:8, Psalms 91:16, Proverbs 9:11, 10:27

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. Good: Deuteronomy 10:13. Parallel theme: Psalms 111:2, Proverbs 9:12