“ So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. ”
So the poor hath hope - From the interposition of God. They are not left in a sad and comfortless condition. They are permitted to regard God as their protector and friend, and to look forward to...
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity (r) stoppeth her mouth. (r) If the wicked are compelled by God's works to shut their mouths, how much more they who profess God.
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...
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. So the poor - דל dal, he who is made thin, who is wasted, extenuated; hath hope - he sees what God is accustomed to do, and he expects a repeti...
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. The poor hath hope - of the interposition of God. Iniquity stoppeth her mouth - ( Psalms 107:42 , which seems a quotation and inspi...
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.
Iniquity stoppeth her mouth. — See Psalms 107:42 , where the same phrase occurs.
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...
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...
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...
(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...
So the poor hath hope ,.... Who observing this and that and the other poor man crying to the Lord and saved, hopes that he may be saved by him also; and having had experience of salvation out of one...
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Ver. 16. So the poor hath hope ] How should it be otherwise? experience will breed confidence. Thou hast, thou wilt, is an ordinary Scriptur...
So the poor , &c. Hebrews ותהי לדל, vatehi ladal, even to the poor there is hope: Dal signifies one who is deprived of his strength or power, either by poverty or sickness: in Arabic, He who i...
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...
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...
So this poor man obtaineth what he in some measure hoped or expected from God, to whom he committed his cause; and other poor men will be encouraged by his example to place their hope in God. Iniqui...
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 . 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...
So the poor hath hope. The expediency of preventive wisdom By God’s different treatment of men, according to their different characters, the afflicted receive comfort, and the unrighteous are s...
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...
Answering A Possible Objection On Job's Part
1 Samuel 2:8 ; 1 Samuel 2:9 ; Exodus 11:7 ; Isaiah 14:32 ; Psalms 107:42 ; Psalms 63:11 ; Psalms 9:18 ; Romans 3:19 ; Zechariah 9:12
So — So he obtains what he hoped for from God, to whom he committed his cause. Iniquity — Wicked men. Stoppeth — They are silenced and confounded, finding that not only the poor are got out of thei...