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5:6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God.

5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? and envy slays the simple. but suddenly his house was cursed. crushed in court without a defender. and the thirsty pant after his wealth. nor does trouble sprout from the ground. as surely as sparks fly upward. I would lay my cause before him.

1 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? and envy slays the simple. but suddenly his house was cursed. crushed in court without a defender. and the thirsty pant after his wealth. nor does trouble sprout from the ground. as surely as sparks fly upward. I would lay my cause before him.

16 And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut. The Message Bible (MSG) 16 And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he.

What does Job 5:16 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.

1. How does Job 5:16 provide comfort to those who are experiencing injustice today? 2. In what ways can we, as Christians, actively participate in bringing hope to the poor and oppressed in our communities? 3. How does the assurance of God's justice in Job 5:16 influence your perspective on current social injustices? 4.

Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 5:16 Context. 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. 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their …