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A single sheaf of ripe grain stands in an empty stubble field at evening under a calm, pale gold sky.

The Book of

Job 5

Eliphaz speaks on, in round one. He has warned Job; now he promises: only appeal to God, and all will be well.

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In this chapter

Where we are

  1. 1–3The testBlameless, stripped of everything, and his cry
  2. 4–14Round oneThe friends speak; Job answersChapter 5
  3. 15–21Round twoMy Redeemer lives
  4. 22–31Round threeThen wisdom, and Job's last defense
  5. 32–37ElihuA younger voice
  6. 38–41The LORD speaksOut of the whirlwind
  7. 42The endJob prays and is restored

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

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Eliphaz

man is born to trouble

Pray

Pray

Pray for friends who are suffering, and ask for grace to speak less and stay longer. Pray for anyone who feels that no one answers. Ask God to keep you from treating someone else’s pain as a lesson.

Eliphaz
The first rain crosses a dry plain in gray curtains, dark wet ground spreading across a plowed field toward a small herdsman with his head up to feel it, soft empty cloud above.

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God

and lay my cause before Him—

the One who does great and unsearchable things,

wonders without number.

He gives rain to the earth

and sends water upon the fields.

He sets the lowly on high,

so that mourners are lifted to safety.

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty,

so that their hands find no success.

He catches the wise in their craftiness,

and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

They encounter darkness by day

and grope at noon as in the night.

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth

and from the clutches of the powerful.

So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Eliphaz

He catches the wise in their craftiness

Eliphaz

Reflect

When advice is true and wrong

Much of what Eliphaz says about God is true. Yet he says it to a man who has lost everything. When has something true been said to you at the wrong time? When have you done it?

Eliphaz

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects

Job 5:17

Eliphaz

your descendants like the grass of the earth

Eliphaz

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

Question

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How sure is Eliphaz?

How does Eliphaz end his speech?

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A verse to carry with you

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 5:17

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