Job 5:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. ”

Job 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall deliver thee in six troubles - Six is used here to denote an indefinite number, meaning that he would support in many troubles. This mode of speech is not uncommon among the Hebrews, whe...
Job 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He shall deliver thee in (s) six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (s) He will send trouble after trouble that his children may not for one time, but continually trust in him:...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

six. Named in the following verses.
Job 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 455 THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE Job 5:19-27 . He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in w...
Job 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. He shall deliver thee in six troubles - The numbers six and seven are put here for many. Though a number of troubl...
Job 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In six ... yea, in seven - ( Proverbs 6:16 ; Amos 1:3 ). The Hebrew idiom fixes on a certain number (here...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In six troubles. — The special form of speech here used is characteristic mainly of the Proverbs (see Job 6:16 ; Job 30:15 ; Job 30:18 ; Job 30:21 ). Since evil was emphatically touching Job,...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - 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 5:19 - 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 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. (20) In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. (21) Thou shalt be hi...
Job 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He shall deliver thee in six troubles ,.... Behaving as before directed; seeking unto God, committing his cause and case to him, and leaving it with him; and not despising the chastening of the Lord...
Job 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Ver. 19. He shall deliver thee ] Heb. Snatch thee away, or pull thee out, as a brand out of the fire, or as a...
Job 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For he maketh sore , &c. God's usual method is first to wound and then to heal, first to convince and then to comfort, first to humble and then to exalt. And he never makes a wound too great, to...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. ...
Job 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shall deliver thee, to wit, if thou seekest to him by prayer and repentance. Six, i.e. manifold or repeated; as six is used for many, Proverbs 6:16 . There shall no evil touch thee, to...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 5:19 I. The Friend spoken of in the text is none other than God Himself in the person of the Lord Jesus. "In six troubles He will be with you; yea, in seven no evil shall happen unto you." Whe...
Job 5:19 - 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 5:19 - 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 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Eliphaz Admonishes Job to Bear his Trial Patiently
Job 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 2 Corinthians 1:8 ; 2 Peter 2:9 ; Proverbs 24:16 ; Psalms 34:19 ; Psalms 91:3-7 ; Psalms 91:7-10
Job 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deliver — If thou seekest to him by prayer and repentance. Here he applies himself to Job directly. Six — Manifold and repeated. Touch — So as to destroy thee. Thou shalt have a good issue out of a...

Job 5:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 5:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 5:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 5:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 5:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 5:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 5:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 5:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 5:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 5:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 5:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 5:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 5:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 5:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 5:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 5:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 5:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 5:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 5:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 5:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 5:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 5:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes