Job 5:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the powerg of the sword. ”

• Job 5:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In famine he shall redeem thee - That is, will deliver thee from death. On the meaning of the word “redeem,” see the notes at Isaiah 43:1 , Isaiah 43:3 . From the power of the sword - Margi...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  famine . famishing. Hebrew. ra'gab. Compare Job 5:22 . power. Hebrew. hands. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6. hands put for the destructive power which is in them.

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. In famine he shall redeem thee - The Chaldee, which understands this chapter as speaking of the troubles and deliver...

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• Job 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Power - ( Jeremiah 18:21 - "Famine ... force," literally, hands, "of the sword:" the two chief sources of p...

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• Job 5:20 - 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.

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• Job 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He shall redeem thee. — It is rather, h e hath redeemed thee, as though the speaker could appeal to Job’s own experience in the matter which itself became a ground of confident hope for the future...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  In famine he shall redeem thee from death ,.... In a time of extreme want of provisions, God so cares for his own dear people, that they shall not be starved to death by the famine; so in the famine...

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• Job 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Ver. 20. In famine he shall redeem thee from death ] They that be slain with the sword are better than they that...

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• Job 5:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  In famine he shall redeem thee from death From that terrible kind of death. Eliphaz might think that Job feared perishing by want, as being so poor, that he needed the contributions of his friends...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - 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.  ...

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• Job 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In famine; which Job might be thought to fear, as being so poor that he needed his friends contributions for his relief. From death; from that terrible kind of death. These things he utters with...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

  redeem ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 14:30 ), ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ).

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - 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...

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• Job 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliphaz Admonishes Job to Bear his Trial Patiently

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• Job 5:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 17:6 ; Genesis 45:7 ; Habakkuk 3:17 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Isaiah 33:16 ; Matthew 24:6 ; Proverbs 10:3 ; Psalms 27:3 ; Psalms 33:19 ; Psalms 49:7

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• Job 5:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He shall — These things he utters with more confidence, because the rewards or punishments of this life, were more constantly distributed to men in the Old Testament according to their good or bad...

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