“ Which doeth great things and unsearchable;d marvellous things without number: ”
Which doeth great things - The object of this is, to show why Job should commit his cause to God. The reason suggested is, that he had showed himself qualified to govern the world by the great an...
Which (l) doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: (l) He counsels Job to humble himself to God to whom all creatures are subject and whose works declare that man is in...
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...
marvellous. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and marvellous".
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Which doeth great things - No work, however complicated, is too deep for his counsel to plan; none, however stupendous, is...
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...
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
(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...
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...
Which doeth great things ,.... The things of creation are great things, the making of the heavens and the earth, and all therein, by the word of the Almighty, out of nothing, and which is a display...
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: Ver. 9. Which doth great things and unsearchable ] The better to persuade Job to take his counsel, he entereth into a...
Which doth great things and unsearchable Here Eliphaz enters upon a discourse of the infinite perfection of God's nature and works; which he does as an argument to enforce the exhortation to seek...
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...
Here Eliphaz enters upon a discourse of the infinite perfection and greatness of God's nature and works; which he doth partly as an argument to enforce the exhortation to seek and commit his cause t...
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
Isaiah 40:28 ; Job 11:7-9 ; Job 26:5-14 ; Job 37:5 ; Job 9:10 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Psalms 40:5 ; Psalms 72:18 ; Psalms 86:10 ; Romans 11:33
Who, &c. — Here Eliphaz enters upon a discourse of the infinite perfection of God's nature and works; which he doth as an argument to enforce the exhortation to seek and commit his cause to God...