American Standard Version
Job 5:1
1Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Job 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
- New International Version (NIV)“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
Context of Job 5:1
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn? 2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one. 3I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:1 word by word
קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 5:1
- Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
- Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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,
- 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:
- Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
- Psalms 16:3As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
- Psalms 106:16They envied Moses also in the camp, AndAaron the saint of Jehovah.
- Ephesians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Commentaries on Job 5:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Call 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Call now - The expressions used here, as Noyes has well observed, seem to be derived from the law, where the word “call” denotes the language of the complainant, and answer that of the defendant. According to this, the meaning of the words “call now” is, in jus voca: that is, call the Deity to account, or bring an action against him: or more properly, enter into an argument or litigation, as before a tribunal; see the notes at Isaiah 41:1, where similar…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Eliphaz urges that the sin of sinners in their ruin. (1-5) God is to be regarded in affliction. (6-16) The happy end of God's correction. (17-27) Verses 1-5 Eliphaz here calls upon Job to answer his arguments. Were any of the saints or servants of God visited with such Divine judgments as Job, or did they ever behave like him under their sufferings? The term, "saints," holy, or more strictly, consecrated ones, seems in all ages to have been applied to the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The holy ones probably refers back to the angels mentioned in 4:18. They are "holy ones" because of they are close to God, not because they have achieved moral perfection (15:15; Daniel 4:14; 8:13; Zechariah 14:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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