Passage Research
Job 5 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Job 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 4 | hand, open |
| שֹׁד | shôd | H7701 | 2 | violence, ravage |
| אֱוִיל | ʼĕvîyl | H191 | 2 | silly |
| נָוֶה | nâveh | H5116 | 2 | at home, lovely |
| יֶשַׁע | yeshaʻ | H3468 | 2 | liberty, deliverance |
| עָמָל | ʻâmâl | H5999 | 2 | toil, wearing effort |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 3 | know, seeing |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Job 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 5:17–30 (Public Domain)
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