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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 5
Eliphaz counsels Job: Man is born unto trouble; Seek unto God; and,
Happy is the man whom God correcteth.
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1 CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to
which of the asaints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth
the asilly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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1a
HEB holy ones
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OR naive
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4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto atrouble, as
the sparks fly upward.
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7a
TG
Adversity
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8 I would seek unto Goda,
and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those
which amourn may be exalted to safety.
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8a seek unto God Jesus tells the
parable of the Phraisee and the Publican. The Phraisee, not unlike Job, was staunch
in his righteousness. Job knew that he had not committed some great transgression
that would bring such great afflications upon him as he was suffering. But as in
the parable, it is he that humbleth himself before God who is justified. Even though
Job was not a sinner, he still was not perfect either. In his position that the
great afflictions which he was suffering were not tied to wickedness, Job still was
amiss in one thing, and that is even the most righteous still must come before God
and allow the atonement of Christ work in his life. For no man, without the effect
of the sacrifice of Christ, can raise himself up unto God. It is only by the mercy
and love of the atonement that man is raised up to heaven. And all must so humble
themselves before God.
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11a
TG
Mourning
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12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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17 Behold, ahappy is the man
whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the
bchastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he
awoundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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17a
TG
Happiness
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Chastening
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HEB smites, bruises
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20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue:
neither shalt thou be aafraid of destruction when it
cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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21a
D&C 38:30
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23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the
field: and the abeasts of the field shall be at peace with
thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
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Hosea 2:18
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25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be
great, and thine offspring as the agrass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,
like as a shock of acorn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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25a
Ps. 72:16
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OR given
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