Job 5:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. ”

Job 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But he saveth the poor from the sword - He shows himself to be the friend and protector of the defenseless. The phrase “from the sword, from their mouth,” has been variously interpreted. Dr. Good...
Job 5:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But he saveth the (p) poor from the sword, from their (q) mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. (p) That is, he who humbles himself before God. (q) He compares the slander of the wicked to sharp...
Job 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 5:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

poor . needy. from. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "of".
Job 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth - This is rather a harsh construction. To avoid this, som...
Job 5:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, &c.— Schultens imagines that it should be read, from the sword which proceedeth out of his mouth; and this reading receives no small confi...
Job 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. From the sword which proceedeth from their mouth - ( Psalms 59:7 ). "Swords are in their lips" ( Psal...
Job 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
Job 5:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From the sword, from their mouth. — It is merely a matter of grammatical nicety whether we regard the sword as coming forth from their mouth, or as identical with what comes forth from it, or as th...
Job 5:15 - 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 5:15 - 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 5:15 - 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 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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; tha...
Job 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he saveth the poor ,.... Who are so in a literal sense, and whom the Lord saves with a temporal salvation; these being the butt of the crafty, wise, and cunning, on whom their eyes are, for whom...
Job 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. Ver. 15. But he saveth the poor from the sword ] From the woe of war, from the hurt of it, not always from...
Job 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But he saveth the poor , &c. According to the order in which the words stand in the Hebrew, the translation is, But he saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty,...
Job 5:15 - 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 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and u...
Job 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The poor, or helpless ; who therefore flee to God for refuge. From their mouth, or, from the sword which cometh out of their mouth, i.e. from all their censures, slanders, threatenings, deceit...
Job 5:15 - 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 5:15 - 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 5:15 - 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 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Answering A Possible Objection On Job's Part
Job 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 10:14 ; Psalms 10:17 ; Psalms 107:41 ; Psalms 109:31 ; Psalms 140:12 ; Psalms 35:10 ; Psalms 72:12 ; Psalms 72:13 ; Psalms 72:4
Job 5:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mouth — Which was ready to swallow them up.

Job 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 5:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 5:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 5:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 5:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 5:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 5:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 5:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes