Job 5:27

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, this we have searched out; It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself.”

Context of Job 5:27

25You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass! 26You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time! “We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”

Job 5:27 word by word

הִנֵּה־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lo this, we have searchedחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• it, and knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 5:27

• Job 8:8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
• Job 12:2“You people really know everything, don’t you? And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
• Job 15:9What do you know that we don’t? What do you understand that we do not?
• Job 32:11“I have waited all this time, listening very carefully to your arguments, listening to you grope for words.
• Psalms 111:2How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All who delight in him should ponder them.
• Proverbs 2:3Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
• Job 22:2“Can a person do anything to help God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
• Deuteronomy 10:13And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
• Proverbs 9:12If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.

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

Topics related to Job 5:27

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Happiness
• Righteous
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Craftiness
• Device
• Enterprise
• Fly
• Mouth
• Trouble
• Eliphaz (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Papyrus

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