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

“ Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. ”

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

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up - That is, they are not permitted to enjoy the avails of their own labor. The harvest field is subject to the depredations of others, who contrive to possess th...
Job 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the (g) thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. (g) Though there are only two or three ears left in the hedges, yet these...
Job 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Whose harvest - Their possessions, because acquired by unjust means, shall not...
Job 5:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whose harvest, &c.— Heath renders this verse thus: Whose harvest the hunger-starved shall devour, and shall take it even from among the thorn-fences; and the thirsty shall swallow down their s...
Job 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Even out of the thorns - even when part of the grain remains hanging on...
Job 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up. — The meaning becomes more pointed if we understand the wicked man himself as the subject whose harvest he shall eat famishing and have to take from among the th...
Job 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? (2) For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. (3) I have seen the foolish t...
Job 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up ,.... This is to be understood of the foolish rich man before described, as taking root and flourishing; though he sows, and reaps and gathers in his harvest, and...
Job 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Ver. 5. Whose harvest the hungry eateth up ] This is another root of the wic...
Job 5:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whose harvest Which they confidently expected to reap after all their cost and labour; The hungry eateth up The hungry Sabeans, or the poor, whose necessities make them greedy and ravenous to eat...
Job 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whose harvest, which they now justly and confidently expect to reap, after all their cost and labour for that end, but are sadly and suddenly disappointed; which is a great aggravation of their mis...
Job 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

2 Chronicles 33:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Hosea 8:7 ; Isaiah 62:8 ; Jeremiah 51:34 ; Jeremiah 51:44 ; Job 1:15 ; Job 1:17 ; Job 12:6 ; Job 18:9 ; Job 2:3 ; Job 20:15 ;...
Job 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Harvest — Which they confidently expect to reap after all their cost and labour, but are sadly and suddenly disappointed. The hungry — The hungry Sabeans eat it up. Thorns — Out of the fields: in s...

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

Job 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Job 5:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Job 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Job 5:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Job 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Job 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes