1 Eliphaz shews that the end of the wicked is misery;
6 that man is born to trouble;
8 that God is to be regarded in affliction;
17 the happy end of God's correction.

and to which. 15:8-10,15 Isa 41:1,21-23 Heb 12:1

the saints. 4:18 15:15 De 33:2,3 Ps 16:3 106:16 Eph 1:1

turn. or, look.

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

wrath. 18:4 Jon 4:9

the foolish. Ps 14:1 75:4 92:6 107:17 Pr 1:22,23 8:5 Ec 7:9

envy. or, indignation. Ge 30:1 1Sa 18:8,9 Ro 2:8

one. Ho 7:11 2Ti 3:6

3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

taking. 27:8 Ps 37:35,36 73:3-9,18-20 92:7 Jer 12:1-3

cursed. De 27:15-26 Ps 69:25 Ac 1:20

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

children. 4:10,11 8:4 18:16-19 27:14 Ex 20:5 Ps 109:9-15 119:155 127:5

they are crushed. 1:19 Lu 13:4,5

neither. 10:7 Ps 7:2

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

harvest. De 28:33,51 Jud 6:3-6 Isa 62:8

the thorns. Jud 6:11 2Ch 33:11

the robber. 1:15,17 12:6 18:9 Ho 8:7

swalloweth. 2:3 20:15 Jer 51:34,44 La 2:5,16

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

affliction. or, iniquity. trouble. 34:29 De 32:27 1Sa 6:9 Ps 90:7 Isa 45:7 La 3:38 Am 3:6

spring out. Ho 10:4 Heb 12:15

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

man. 14:1 Ge 3:17-19 Ps 90:8,9 1Co 10:13

trouble. or, labour. Ec 1:8 2:22 5:15-17

sparks fly upward. Heb. sons of the burning coal lift up to fly.

8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

seek. 8:5 22:21,27 Ge 32:7-12 2Ch 33:12,13 Ps 50:15 77:1,2 Jon 2:1-7

unto God. Ps 37:5 2Ti 1:12 1Pe 2:23 4:19

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

doeth. 9:10 11:7-9 37:5 Ps 40:5 72:18 86:10 Ro 11:33

unsearchable. Heb. there is no search. Isa 40:28

marvellous. 26:5-14

without number. Heb. till there be no number. Ps 40:5 139:18

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

giveth. 28:26 Ps 65:9-11 147:8 Jer 5:24 10:13 14:22 Am 4:7 Ac 14:17

fields. Heb. outplaces. 38:26-28

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

set up. 1Sa 2:7,8 Ps 91:14 107:41 Eze 17:24 Lu 1:52,53

those. Lu 6:21 Jas 1:9 4:6-10 1Pe 5:10

exalted. De 33:27 1Pe 1:3

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

disappointeth. 12:16,17 Ne 4:15 Ps 33:10,11 37:17 Pr 21:30 Isa 8:10 19:3

their hands. Ps 21:11 Isa 37:36 Ac 12:11 23:12-22

their enterprise. or, anything.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

taketh. 2Sa 15:31,34 17:23 Es 6:4-11 7:10 9:25 Ps 7:15,16 9:15,16 Ps 35:7,8 Lu 1:51 1Co 1:19,20

of the froword. Ps 18:26 Pr 3:32

14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

meet with. or, run into. darkness. 12:25 De 28:29 Pr 4:19 Isa 59:10 Am 8:9

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

he saveth. Ps 10:14,17 35:10 72:4,12,13 107:41 109:31 140:12

16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

the poor. 1Sa 2:8,9 Ps 9:18 Isa 14:32 Zec 9:12

and. Ex 11:7 Ps 63:11 107:42 Ro 3:19

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

happy. Ps 94:12 Pr 3:11,12 Jer 31:18 Heb 12:5-11 Jas 1:12 5:11 Re 3:19

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

De 32:39 1Sa 2:6 Ps 147:3 Isa 30:26

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

deliver thee. Ps 34:19 91:3-7 Pr 24:16 1Co 10:13 2Co 1:8 2Pe 2:9

no evil. Ps 91:7-10

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

famine. Ge 45:7 1Ki 17:6 Ps 33:19 Pr 10:3 Isa 33:16 Hab 3:17

redeem. Ps 49:7 Ho 13:14

in war. Ps 27:3 Mt 24:6

the power. Heb. hands.

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

be hid. Ps 31:20 55:21 57:4 Pr 12:18 Isa 54:17 Jer 18:18 Jas 3:5-8

from the scourge. or, when the tongue scourgeth. neither. Ps 91:5-7

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

laugh. 2Ki 19:21

afraid. Isa 35:9 65:25 Eze 34:25

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

thou. Ps 91:12,13 Ho 2:18 Ro 8:38,39

beasts. Le 26:6 Eze 14:15,16 Isa 11:9 Da 6:22

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

thou shalt know. 18:6,15,21 21:7-9 1Sa 30:3 Isa 4:5,6

thy tabernacle, etc. or, peace is thy tabernacle. Ps 25:13

thou shalt visit. De 28:6 Ps 91:10 121:7,8

sin. or, err. Ps 107:4,40

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

thy seed. 42:13-16 Ge 15:5 Le 26:9 De 28:4 Ps 112:2 127:3-5 128:3-6

great. or, much. as the grass. Ps 72:16

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

in a full age. 42:16,17 Ge 15:15 25:8 Ps 91:16 Pr 9:11 10:27

cometh. Heb. ascendeth.

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

we have searched. 8:8-10 12:2 15:9,10,17 32:11,12 Ps 111:2 Pr 2:3-5

for thy good. Heb. for thyself. 22:2 De 10:13 Pr 9:12