English Standard Version
Job 5:27
27Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
Job 5:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
- New International Version (NIV)“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, this we have searched out; It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
Context of Job 5:27
25You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. 26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
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הִנֵּה־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:27
- Job 8:8"For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.
- Job 12:2"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
- Job 15:9What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
- Job 32:11"Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
- Psalms 111:2Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.
- Proverbs 2:3yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
- Job 22:2"Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
- Deuteronomy 10:13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Commentaries on Job 5:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Lo this, we have searched it - What I have told thee is the sum of our wisdom and experience on these important points. These are established maxims, which universal experience supports. Know - understand, and reduce them to practice for thy good. Thus ends Eliphaz, the Temanite, "full of wise saws and ancient instances;" but he miserably perverted them in his application of them to Job's case and character. They contain, however, many wholesome truths…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Lo this - All this that I have said; the truth of all the remarks which I have made. We have searched it - We have by careful observation of the course of events come to these conclusions. These are our views of the providence of God, and of the principles of his government, as far as we have had the opportunity of observing, and they are well worthy of your attention. The sentiments in these two chapters indicate close and accurate observation; and if we…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy because he is afflicted…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. searched it ... for thy good--literally, "for thyself" (Psa 111:2; Pr 2:4; 9:12).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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