Job 5:1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Job 5:1 in other translations
| BSB | “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? |
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| WEB | “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| ASV | Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? |
| YLT | Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn? |
| DARBY | Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? |
| BBE | Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer? |
| Webster | Call now, if there is any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? |
What does Job 5:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Job 5:1-27. Eliphaz' Conclusion from the Vision.
1. if there be any, &c.--Rather, "will He (God) reply to thee?" Job, after the revelation just given, cannot be so presumptuous as to think God or any of the holy ones (Da 4:17, "angels") round His throne, will vouchsafe a reply (a judicial expression) to his rebellious complaint.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Eliphaz proceeds to show that the wicked are always punished by the justice of God, though they may appear to flourish for a time, Job 5:1-8; extols the providence of God, by which the counsels of the wicked are brought to naught, and the poor fed and supported, Job 5:9-16; shows the blessedness of being corrected by God, in the excellent fruits that result from it; and exhorts Job to patience and submission, with the promise of all secular prosperity, and a happy death in a mature and comfortable old age, Job 5:17-27. Verse 1 Call now, if there be any - This appears to be a strong irony. From whom among those whose foundations are in the dust, and who are crushed before the moth, canst thou expect succor? To which of the saints wilt thou turn? - To whom among the holy ones, (קדשים kedoshim), or among those who are equally dependent on Divine support with thyself, and can do no good but as influenced and directed by God, canst thou turn for help? Neither angel nor saint can help any man unless sent especially from God; and all prayers to them must be foolish and absurd, not to say impious. Can the channel afford me water, if the fountain cease to emit it?Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Job 5:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 5:1
- Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
- Job 15:8-10
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
- Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
- Isaiah 41:21-23
Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
- Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Isaiah 41:1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
- Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- Psalms 16:3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Psalms 106:16
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 33:2-3
And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 that man is born to trouble;
8 that God is to be regarded in affliction;
17 the happy end of God's correction.
and to which.
15:8-10,15; Isa 41:1,21-23; Heb 12:1
the saints.
4:18; 15:15; De 33:2,3; Ps 16:3; 106:16; Eph 1:1
turn. or, look.
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Context
- Job 5:1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
- Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | AHORA pues da voces, si habrá quien te responda; ¿y á cuál de los santos te volverás? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Crie donc! Y a-t-il quelqu’un qui te réponde? Et vers lequel des saints te tourneras-tu? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | rufe doch, ob einer da ist, der dir antwortet! und an welchen der Heiligen willst du dich wenden? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere. |