Job Chapter 05 Matthew Henry Commentary Concise

Eliphaz 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 people of God, through the Sacrifice slain in the covenant of their reconciliation. Eliphaz doubts not that the sin of sinners directly tends to their ruin. They kill themselves by some lust or other; therefore, no doubt, Job has done some foolish thing, by which he has brought himself into this condition. The allusion was plain to Job's former prosperity; but there was no evidence of Job's wickedness, and the application to him was unfair and severe.

  욥5:1 엘리바스의 첫 번째 발언2

욥 5:1 부르짖어 보아라 네게 응답할 자가 있겠느냐 거룩한 자 중에 네가 누구에게로 향하겠느냐 

욥 5:2 분노가 미련한 자를 죽이고 시기가 어리석은 자를 멸하느니라 

욥 5:3 내가 미련한 자의 뿌리 박는 것을 보고 그 집을 당장에 저주하였노라 

욥 5:4 그 자식들은 평안한 데서 멀리 떠나고 성문에서 눌리나 구하는 자가 없으며 

욥 5:5 그 추수한 것은 주린 자가 먹되 가시나무 가운데 있는 것도 빼앗으며 올무가 그의 재산을 향하여 입을 벌리느니라 

Verses 6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble. There is nothing in this world we are born to, and can truly call our own, but sin and trouble. Actual transgressions are sparks that fly out of the furnace of original corruption. Such is the frailty of our bodies, and the vanity of all our enjoyments, that our troubles arise thence as the sparks fly upward; so many are they, and so fast does one follow another. Eliphaz reproves Job for not seeking God, instead of quarrelling with him. Is any afflicted? let him pray. It is heart's ease, a salve for every sore. Eliphaz speaks of rain, which we are apt to look upon as a little thing; but if we consider how it is produced, and what is produced by it, we shall see it to be a great work of power and goodness. Too often the great Author of all our comforts, and the manner in which they are conveyed to us, are not noticed, because they are received as things of course. In the ways of Providence, the experiences of some are encouragements to others, to hope the best in the worst of times; for it is the glory of God to send help to the helpless, and hope to the hopeless. And daring sinners are confounded, and forced to acknowledge the justice of God's proceedings.

욥 5:6 재앙은 티끌에서 일어나는 것이 아니요 고난은 흙에서 나는 것이 아니라 

욥 5:7 인생은 고난을 위하여 났나니 불티가 위로 날음 같으니라 

욥 5:8 나 같으면 하나님께 구하고 내 일을 하나님께 의탁하리라 

욥 5:9 하나님은 크고 측량할 수 없는 일을 행하시며 기이한 일을 셀 수 없이 행하시나니 

욥 5:10 비를 땅에 내리시고 물을 밭에 보내시며 

욥 5:11 낮은 자를 높이 드시고 슬퍼하는 자를 흥기시켜 안전한 곳에 있게 하시느니라 

욥 5:12 하나님은 궤휼한 자의 계교를 파하사 그 손으로 하는 일을 이루지 못하게 하시며 

욥 5:13 간교한 자로 자기 궤휼에 빠지게 하시며 사특한 자의 계교를 패하게 하시며 

욥 5:14 그들은 낮에도 캄캄함을 만나고 대낮에도 더듬기를 밤과 같이 하느니라 

욥 5:15 하나님은 곤비한 자를 그들의 입의 칼에서,강한 자의 손에서 면하게 하시나니 

욥 5:16 그러므로 가난한 자가 소망이 있고 불의가 스스로 입을 막느니라 

Verses 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. Correction mortifies his corruptions, weans his heart from the world, draws him nearer to God, brings him to his Bible, brings him to his knees. Though God wounds, yet he supports his people under afflictions, and in due time delivers them. Making a wound is sometimes part of a cure. Eliphaz gives Job precious promises of what God would do for him, if he humbled himself. Whatever troubles good men may be in, they shall do them no real harm. Being kept from sin, they are kept from the evil of trouble. And if the servants of Christ are not delivered from outward troubles, they are delivered by them, and while overcome by one trouble, they conquer all. Whatever is maliciously said against them shall not hurt them. They shall have wisdom and grace to manage their concerns. The greatest blessing, both in our employments and in our enjoyments, is to be kept from sin. They shall finish their course with joy and honour. That man lives long enough who has done his work, and is fit for another world. It is a mercy to die seasonably, as the corn is cut and housed when fully ripe; not till then, but then not suffered to stand any longer. Our times are in God's hands; it is well they are so. Believers are not to expect great wealth, long life, or to be free from trials. But all will be ordered for the best. And remark from Job's history, that steadiness of mind and heart under trial, is one of the highest attainments of faith. There is little exercise for faith when all things go well. But if God raises a storm, permits the enemy to send wave after wave, and seemingly stands aloof from our prayers, then, still to hang on and trust God, when we cannot trace him, this is the patience of the saints. Blessed Saviour! how sweet it is to look unto thee, the Author and Finisher of faith, in such moments!

욥 5:17 볼지어다 하나님께 징계받는 자에게는 복이 있나니 그런즉 너는 전능자의 경책을 업신여기지 말지니라 

욥 5:18 하나님은 아프게 하시다가 싸매시며 상하게 하시다가 그 손으로 고치시나니 

욥 5:19 여섯가지 환난에서 너를 구원하시며 일곱가지 환난이라도 그 재앙이 네게 미치지 않게 하시며 

욥 5:20 기근 때에 죽음에서,전쟁 때에 칼 권세에서 너를 구속하실 터인즉 

욥 5:21 네가 혀의 채찍을 피하여 숨을 수가 있고 멸망이 올 때에도 두려워 아니할 것이라 

욥 5:22 네가 멸망과 기근을 비웃으며 들짐승을 두려워 아니할 것은 

욥 5:23 밭에 돌이 너와 언약을 맺겠고 들짐승이 너와 화친할 것임이라 

욥 5:24 네가 네 장막의 평안함을 알고 네 우리를 살펴도 잃은 것이 없을 것이며 

욥 5:25 네 자손이 많아지며 네 후예가 땅에 풀 같을 줄을 네가 알것이라 

욥 5:26 네가 장수하다가 무덤에 이르리니 곡식단이 그 기한에 운반되어 올리움 같으리라 

욥 5:27 볼지어다 우리의 연구한 바가 이같으니 너는 돋고 네게 유익된 줄 알지니라