📖 Job — Chapter 5 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Job 5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; Rand to which of the saints wilt thou Tturn?
Job 5:2 For Rwrath killeth the foolish man, and Tenvy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5:3 I have seen the foolish Rtaking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 5:4 His Rchildren are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job 5:5 Whose Rharvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 5:6 Although Taffliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth Rtrouble spring out of the ground;
Job 5:7 Yet Rman is born unto Ttrouble, as the Tsparks fly upward.
Job 5:8 I would Rseek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job 5:9 Which Rdoeth great things and Tunsearchable; marvellous things Twithout number:
Job 5:10 Who Rgiveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the Tfields:
Job 5:11 To Rset up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job 5:12 He Rdisappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform Ttheir enterprise.
Job 5:13 He Rtaketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 5:14 They Tmeet with Rdarkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job 5:15 But Rhe saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 5:16 So Rthe poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 5:17 Behold, Rhappy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Job 5:19 He shall Rdeliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Job 5:20 In Rfamine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the Tpower of the sword.
Job 5:21 Thou shalt Rbe hid Tfrom the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt Rlaugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23 For Rthou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job 5:24 And Rthou shalt know that Tthy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not Tsin.
Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also that Rthy seed shall be Tgreat, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave Rin a full age, like as a shock of corn Tcometh in in his season.
Job 5:27 Lo this, Rwe have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it Tfor thy good.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 5:1–7 — Eliphaz continues his diagnosis
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Eliphaz describes the foolish person's ruin and says humanity is born to trouble. The observation that trouble is common does not establish why Job suffers. His examples of ruined children and possessions can sound painfully close to Job's losses. Readers should distinguish the speaker's reasoning from the narrator's earlier account.
Key Truth: Common truths do not justify unsupported judgments about a sufferer.
Check What You Remember
1. What does Eliphaz say kills the foolish man? (Job 5:2)
Find it in Job 5:2 (KJV).
2. Who consumes the foolish person's harvest in his picture? (Job 5:5)
Find it in Job 5:5 (KJV).
3. To what does he compare humanity's trouble? (Job 5:7)
Find it in Job 5:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 5:8–16 — A call to seek God
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Eliphaz says he would commit his cause to God and describes God's care for the lowly and resistance to craftiness. Parts of this speech express enduring truths, and verse 13 is quoted elsewhere in Scripture. Yet a true statement within the speech does not validate every assumption Eliphaz makes about Job's predicament.
Key Truth: Seek God without assuming every proposed diagnosis is right.
Check What You Remember
1. To whom would Eliphaz commit his cause? (Job 5:8)
Find it in Job 5:8 (KJV).
2. What does God give upon the earth? (Job 5:10)
Find it in Job 5:10 (KJV).
3. Whom does he take in their own craftiness? (Job 5:13)
Find it in Job 5:13 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 5:17–27 — Promises built on an assumption
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Eliphaz interprets Job's pain as correction and promises safety, prosperity, and a full life if he receives it. The opening narrative does not establish that diagnosis. His confident assurances should therefore not become blanket promises that obedient people never suffer loss. The book tests this overly simple explanation of suffering.
Key Truth: Do not promise outcomes Scripture has not promised for every sufferer.
Check What You Remember
1. Whose chastening does Eliphaz say not to despise? (Job 5:17)
Find it in Job 5:17 (KJV).
2. What harvest image describes a full-age death? (Job 5:26)
Find it in Job 5:26 (KJV).
3. What does Eliphaz claim about his conclusion? (Job 5:27)
Find it in Job 5:27 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
1 Corinthians 3:19 — Paul quotes the statement about God taking the wise in their craftiness.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How can you share a true encouragement without adding an unwarranted promise?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How do sparks function in Eliphaz’s description?
2. How does Eliphaz connect God’s care with the reversal of lowly people’s condition?
3. What reversal is described for the crafty and wise?
4. How does Eliphaz pair painful correction with healing?
5. What image closes his description of a full-age death?
Notes
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