Job 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? ”

Job 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Call now - The expressions used here, as Noyes has well observed, seem to be derived from the law, where the word “call” denotes the language of the complainant, and answer that of the defendant....
Job 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Call now, if there be any that will (a) answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? (a) He wills Job to consider the example of all who have lived or live godly, whether any of them are...
Job 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:1-7 contains the application of the principles just laid down. Job 5:1-2 . If the angels are imperfect, it is no use for Job to appeal to them as intercessors with God. Duhm, following...
Job 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to which... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. In the Vulgate versions this is changed to. command: and it is quoted in support of "the invocation of saints". saints . holy ones: i.e. the ange...
Job 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Call now, if there be any - This appears to be a strong irony. From whom among those whose foundations are...
Job 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Eliphaz sheweth that the wicked are always punished by an avenging God; on which account he highly extols the providence of God: he exhorts Job not to despise the chastening of the Almighty, and to...
Job 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? If there be any ... - rather, 'Call now! will He [God] reply to thee?' Job, after the revelation ju...
Job 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Call, etc.] i.e. 'make your complaint against God to the angels'; 'do you think they will help you?' Saints] RV 'holy ones,' i.e. the angels.
Job 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

V. (1) Call now. — The speaker now becomes more personal and direct in his tone and bearing. He insinuates that Job is “ unwise” and “silly,” and promises swift destruction for all such.
Job 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was written come now dramatically into view. The belief o...
Job 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Benefits of Chastisement Job 5:1-27 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 other...
Job 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 vex...
Job 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The speech of Eliphaz is continued through the whole of this chapter. He dwells upon several circumstances concerning sin and its consequent affliction, and recommends in affliction a cryin...
Job 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee ,.... That is, call upon God, which, if seriously, and not ironically spoken, was good advice; God is to be called upon, and especially in times of tr...
Job 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Ver. 1. Call now, if there be any that will answer thee ] The beginning of this chapter is hard, saith M...
Job 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Call now , &c. Wouldst thou know the reason why I relate to thee this night vision? I do it with an intent that thou mayest apply it to thyself, and thy present circumstances. Thou hast heard ho...
Job 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; a...
Job 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOB CHAPTER 5 Wrath foolish: the wicked miserable, Job 5:1-5 . Evil cometh not by chance; it is natural to our condition, Job 5:6,7 . This is our motive to prayer and trust in God, Job 5:8...
Job 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 5:1-18 Eliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first ( Job 5:1-18 ) covertly reproaching...
Job 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, rather, "will anyone reply?" Having complained against God as though he were just and God unjust, will Job find anyone to intercede for him or to help...
Job 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:2 ; Deuteronomy 33:3 ; Ephesians 1:1 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Isaiah 41:1 ; Isaiah 41:21-23 ; Job 15:15 ; Job 15:8-10 ; Job 4:18 ; Psalms 106:16 ; Psalms 16:3
Job 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Call — Call them all as it were by their names: will not every good man confirm what I say? If — Try if there be any one saint that will defend thee in these bold expostulations with God. Thou mays...

Job 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes