DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Job 5:8

Job 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Seeking unto God.

I. WHAT IT PRESUPPOSES.

1. Belief in the existence of God ().

2. Consciousness of need ().

3. Desire for Divine assistance ().

II. WHAT IT IMPLIES.

1. A realization of God's nearness to the soul ().

2. A solicitation of God's help for the soul (; ).

3. An acceptation of God's provisions for the soul ().

III. WHAT IT PRODUCES.

1. Inward composure ().

2. Hopeful expectation ().

3. Ultimate salvation (; ; ).

Learn:

1. The grace of God in permitting men to seek him.

2. The wisdom of men in availing themselves of this permission.

Recommended reading

More for Job 5:8

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Job 5 — OverviewJob 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEliphaz, in the foregoing chapter, for the making good of his charge against Job, had vouched a word from heaven, sent him in a vision. In this chapter he appeals to those that bear record on earth, to the…Job 5 — OverviewJob 5 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 5:1, Eliphaz shews that the end of the wicked is misery; Job 5:6, that man is born to trouble; Job 5:8, that God is to be regarded in affliction; Job 5:17, the happy end of God’s correction.Job 5 — OverviewJob 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter Eliphaz goes on to prove, and further confirm and establish, what he had before asserted, that not good men, but wicked men only, are afflicted of God, at least greatly, so as to have their substance…Job 5:1-27Job 5:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 5:1-27Job 5:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryEliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first (Job 5:1-7) covertly reproaching Job, and then (verses 8-27) seeking to comfort him by…Job 5:6-16Job 5:6-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleEliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins…