“ I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: ”
I would seek unto God - Our translators have omitted here the adversative particle אוּלם 'ûlâm but, yet, nevertheless, and have thus marred the connection. The meaning of Eliphaz, I take to...
I would seek unto (k) God, and unto God would I commit my cause: (k) If I suffered as you do, I would seek 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...
I would seek. The pronoun "I" is emphatic, and stands in contrast with "thou" in Job 5:1 .
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: I would seek unto God - Were I in your place, instead of wasting my time, and irritating my soul with useless complaints, I would apply to...
I would seek unto God, &c.— i.e. (For Eliphaz had precluded him from all attempts to justify himself in the foregoing part of his advice.) "I would apply to God with a full and free confession...
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: I would seek unto God. Therefore (as affliction is ordered by God on account of sin) if I were in your place. ( Isaiah 8:19 ; Isa...
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.
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...
(8) I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: This advice is truly scriptural; though it is rather to be feared, when viewed in connexion with what Eliphaz said before and after,...
THINGS UNSEARCHABLE ‘I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number.’ Job 5:8-9 I. How many ‘unsear...
I would seek unto God ,.... Or "truly" e, "certainly, doubtless, I do seek unto God", verily I do so; for so the words are introduced in the original text, and express what Eliphaz had done when und...
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Ver. 8. Surely I would seek unto God ] Not let fly at him, as thou hast done, cursing thy birthday, and wishing thyself out of the worl...
I would seek unto God , &c. If I were in thy condition, instead of accusing the dispensations of Divine Providence, and repining under them, I would apply to God, by a full and free confession o...
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...
If I were in thy condition; and therefore I would advise thee to the same course. Seek unto God, to wit, by prayer, and humiliation, and submission, imploring his pardon, and favour, and help, and...
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 5:8-9 The truth which was here held up before Job is an inspiring one. We have to do with a God who does unsearchably marvellous things, not a few, but many, things, literally numberless. I....
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...
I would seek unto God. Marvels and prayer Nothing could be better than the counsel proffered in the text, nothing more certain than the grounds on which he rests his counsel. To seek unto God,...
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 Peter 2:23 ; 1 Peter 4:19 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; Genesis 32:7-12 ; Job 22:21 ; Job 22:27 ; Job 8:5 ; Jonah 2:1-7 ; Psalms 37:5 ; Psalms 50:15 ; Ps...
I would — If I were in thy condition. Seek — By prayer, and humiliation, and submission, imploring his pardon, and favour.