Job 5:1
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
Leeser Tanakh
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 vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
Cross References
Job 4:18Behold, in his servants he putteth no trust, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
Job 15:15Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Psalms 16:3[But] in the saints who are on the earth, and in the excellent—in them is all my delight.
Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let nations acquire new strength: let them approach, then let them speak, together let us come near 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 →