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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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee,.... That is, call upon God, which, if seriously, and not ironically…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Call now - The expressions used here, as Noyes has well observed, seem to be derived from the law, where the word “call”…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 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…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 5:1-8

Turning to Job's murmurs against heaven, Eliphaz points to the unapproachable purity of God and the imperfection of all…