Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5

86 catchwords552 parallels

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Job 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 5:1

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 5:1 · BSB

and to which5 parallels

the saints7 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

turn or , look

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Job 5:2 · BSB

wrath2 parallels

the foolish8 parallels

envy4 parallels

or , indignation

one2 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:3 · BSB

taking7 parallels

cursed3 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 5:4 · BSB

children9 parallels

they are crushed3 parallels

neither2 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 5:5

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 5:5 · BSB

harvest4 parallels

the thorns2 parallels

the robber5 parallels

swalloweth6 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 5:6

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Job 5:6 · BSB

trouble7 parallels

spring out2 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

affliction or , iniquity

Job 5:7

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Job 5:7 · BSB

man5 parallels

trouble3 parallels

or , labour

Reciprocal4 parallels

sparks fly upward Heb. sons of the burning coal lift up to fly

Job 5:8

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

Job 5:8 · BSB

seek10 parallels

unto God4 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Job 5:9

the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Job 5:9 · BSB

doeth7 parallels

unsearchable1 parallel

Heb. there is no search

marvellous1 parallel

without number2 parallels

Heb. till there be no number

Reciprocal15 parallels

Job 5:10

He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

Job 5:10 · BSB

giveth8 parallels

fields1 parallel

Heb. outplaces

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 5:11

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

Job 5:11 · BSB

set up7 parallels

those4 parallels

exalted2 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 5:12

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 5:12 · BSB

disappointeth9 parallels

their hands4 parallels

Reciprocal34 parallels

their enterprise or , anything

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Job 5:13 · BSB

taketh15 parallels

of the froward2 parallels

Reciprocal35 parallels

Job 5:14

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Job 5:14 · BSB

darkness5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

meet with or , run into

Job 5:15

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 5:15 · BSB

he saveth9 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 5:16 · BSB

the poor5 parallels

and4 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Job 5:17

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 5:17 · BSB

happy8 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Job 5:18

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Job 5:18 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Reciprocal23 parallels

Job 5:19

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

Job 5:19 · BSB

deliver thee6 parallels

no evil1 parallel

Reciprocal22 parallels

Job 5:20

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Job 5:20 · BSB

famine6 parallels

redeem2 parallels

in war2 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

the power Heb. hands

Job 5:21

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Job 5:21 · BSB

be hid7 parallels

neither1 parallel

Reciprocal3 parallels

from the scourge or , when the tongue scourgeth

Job 5:22

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

Job 5:22 · BSB

laugh1 parallel

afraid3 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Job 5:23

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Job 5:23 · BSB

thou5 parallels

beasts5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Job 5:24

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

Job 5:24 · BSB

thou shalt know7 parallels

thy tabernacle1 parallel

etc. or , peace is thy tabernacle

thou shalt visit4 parallels

sin2 parallels

or , err

Reciprocal2 parallels

Job 5:25

You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Job 5:25 · BSB

thy seed7 parallels

as the grass1 parallel

great or , much.

Job 5:26

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Job 5:26 · BSB

in a full age7 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

cometh Heb. ascendeth

Job 5:27

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

Job 5:27 · BSB

we have searched9 parallels

for thy good3 parallels

Heb. for thyself

Reciprocal3 parallels

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Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 1 Corinthians 3:19 → Job 5:13
Allusions Luke 1:52 → Job 5:11
Echoes Luke 13:14-17 → Job 5:9
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