27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. …
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-27)Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and accommodate himself to them. Observe, I. The seasonable word of caution and exhortation that he gives him (Job 5:17): “ Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty . Call it a chastening, which come…
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