Avraham ben Yaakov KNOW YOUR BIBLE JOB CHAPTER 5
Avraham ben Yaakov KNOW YOUR BIBLE JOB CHAPTER 5 JOB CHAPTER 5 Job Chapter 5 is the continuation of the speech of Eliphaz which began in the previous chapter. In the Massoretic Hebrew text there is no break of any kind between the two chapters. The previous chapter had ended with the prophetic message that Eliphaz had received for Job - that man is not more righteous than God and that His order of government must be just. Rashi (on Job 5:1) explains that Eliphaz' prophecy ended at the end of the previous chapter and now he returns to his rebuke. Ch 5 V 1: "Call now - is there anyone that will answer you?" - Metzudas David explains that Eliphaz is rebuking Job, saying that he has become a disgrace in God's eyes for kicking in protest against his suffering, so that now neither God nor any interceding angel ("the holy ones") will answer him. V 2: "For anger kills the foolish man." - "For the anger of a fool like you kills him, because if you ha...