Job 5

Job 5:1

5:1-7 Eliphaz challenges Job to summon men or angels (the holy ones) to disprove that sin is followed by judgment. The speaker himself has observed the unalterable link between wickedness and punishment. Trouble is never causeless. Man, being sinful, is destined to trouble, as sure as the sparks fly upward. 5:8-16 The thing to do is to seek God and to commit one’s cause to Him, because He is all-wise and all-powerful. This is seen in His control of nature and in His providential dealings with mankind. Verse 13 is quoted by Paul in 1Co_3:19 to unmask the false wisdom of this world. 5:17-27 By submitting to the chastening of the Almighty, says Eliphaz, people experience divine deliverance from famine, war, slander, civil strife, peril, drought, wild beasts, and crop damage. They enjoy domestic peace, security, fruitfulness, and longevity.