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Job 5:1

Job 5:1
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee,.... That is, call upon God, which, if seriously, and not ironically spoken, was good advice; God is to be called upon, and especially in times of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Call 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.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:1-5

A very warm dispute being begun between Job and his friends, Eliphaz here makes a fair motion to put the matter to a reference. In all debates perhaps the sooner this is done the better if the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 5:1-8

Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all creatures, and warns Job against such complaints

Having expressed his wonder…