# Job 05 đź“–: Eliphaz Urges Job to Seek God
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]]“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
[[#Verse 02.]] For wrath kills the foolish person,
and anger slays the silly one.
[[#Verse 03.]] I myself have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
[[#Verse 04.]] His children are far from safety,
and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered,
nor is there anyone to deliver them.
[[#Verse 05.]] The hungry eat up his harvest,
and take it even from behind the thorns,
and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
[[#Verse 06.]]Â For evil does not come up from the dust,
nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
[[#Verse 07.]] but people are born to trouble,
as surely as the sparks fly upward.
### Blessings for the One Who Seeks God
[[#Verse 08.]] “But as for me, I would seek God,
and to God I would set forth my case.
[[#Verse 09.]] He does great and unsearchable things,
marvelous things without number;
[[#Verse 10.]] he gives rain on the earth,
and sends water on the fields;
[[#Verse 11.]] he sets the lowly on high,
that those who mourn are raised to safety.
[[#Verse 12.]] He frustrates the plans of the crafty
so that their hands cannot accomplish
what they had planned.
[[#Verse 13.]] He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
[[#Verse 14.]]Â They meet with darkness in the daytime,
and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
[[#Verse 15.]] So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth,
even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
[[#Verse 16.]]Â Thus the poor have hope,
and iniquity shuts its mouth.
[[#Verse 17.]] “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
[[#Verse 18.]] For he wounds, but he also bandages;
he strikes, but his hands also heal.
[[#Verse 19.]] He will deliver you from six calamities;
yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
[[#Verse 20.]] In time of famine he will redeem you from death,
and in time of war from the power of the sword.
[[#Verse 21.]] You will be protected from malicious gossip,
and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.
[[#Verse 22.]]Â You will laugh at destruction and famine
and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
[[#Verse 23.]] For you will have a pact with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
[[#Verse 24.]] And you will know that your home will be secure,
and when you inspect your domains,
you will not be missing anything.
[[#Verse 25.]] You will also know that your children will be numerous,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
[[#Verse 26.]]Â You will come to your grave in a full age,
As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
[[#Verse 27.]]Â Look, we have investigated this, so it is true.
Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Paul quotes Job 5:13 in 1 Corinthians 3:19, introducing it with "it is written."
2. Eliphaz's words about God's correction (5:17) closely echo Proverbs 3:11-12, which Hebrews 12:5-6 also quotes.
3. The title "the Almighty" (*Shaddai*) appears about thirty times in Job, more than in any other book.
4. Eliphaz says people are born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward (5:7).
5. The Hebrew for "sparks" in 5:7 is literally "sons of Resheph," possibly a poetic image of flames.
6. Eliphaz uses the numerical pattern "six... seven" (5:19), a Hebrew way of saying "every possible trouble."
7. Being at peace with the stones of the field (5:23) pictures fields free of the rocks that ruin farming.
8. Eliphaz pictures a full life as coming to the grave like a sheaf of grain gathered in its season (5:26).
9. Eliphaz ends by claiming his teaching has been tested and is true (5:27).
10. Much of Eliphaz's speech is accurate theology, but it does not fit Job's situation.
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One who wounds and heals. Eliphaz says God injures but binds up (5:18), and Jesus bore our wounds so that by His wounds we are healed (1 Peter 2:24).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
> [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way.
## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. Eliphaz says that if he were Job, he would seek God and lay his case before Him (5:8). Why is that good advice even from a flawed counselor?
2. Eliphaz says the one God corrects is blessed (5:17). How can discipline be a gift?
3. What parts of Eliphaz's speech are true, and where does he misapply them to Job?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 8: Eliphaz says he would seek God and lay his case before Him.
- đź“– verse 17: Blessed is the one whom God corrects.
- đź“– verse 18: God injures, but He also binds up and heals.
## đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đź”— [[1 Corinthians 03#Verse 19.|1 Corinthians 3:19]] - God catches the wise in their craftiness.
- đź”— [[Hebrews 12#Verse 05.|Hebrews 12:5-11]] - The Lord disciplines those He loves.
- đź”— [[Proverbs 03#Verse 11.|Proverbs 3:11-12]] - Do not despise the Lord's discipline.
- đź”— [[Hosea 06#Verse 01.|Hosea 6:1]] - He has injured us, but He will bandage us.
- đź”— [[1 Peter 02#Verse 24.|1 Peter 2:24]] - By His wounds you were healed.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Job 05 - SOAP|Don’t Give God the Silent Treatment]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes