Job 5:1
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
In Context
2For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Cross References
Job 4:18Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;
Job 15:15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
Psalms 16:3As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength; let them draw near, then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:1
Eliphaz, in the foregoing chapter, for the making good of his charge against Job, had vouched a word from heaven, sent him in a vision. In this chapter he appeals to those that bear record on earth, to the saints, the faithful witnesses of God's truth in all ages, ver. 1 . They will testify, I. That the sin of sinners is their ruin, ver. 2-5 . II. That yet affliction is the common lot of mankind, ver. 6, 7 . III. That when we are in affliction it is our wisdom and duty to apply to God, for he is able and ready to… Read the whole commentary →