Job 5:1
But call, if anyone will hearken to thee, 1 Or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 wrath destroys the foolish one, 1 And envy slays him that has gone astray. 1
Cross References
Job 4:18Whereas he trusts not in his servants, 1 And perceives perverseness in his angels. 1
Job 15:15Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; 1 And the heaven is not pure before him. 1
Psalms 16:3Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me by night; 1 Thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: 1 I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss. 1
Isaiah 41:1Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare 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 →