job 5:2

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Job 5:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Job 5:2
Verse 2 of 27

Scripture focus

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

Job 5:2KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 5:2

Theological / Devotional

Wrath. Or, “vexation.” Eliphaz implies that Job, like a fool, was permitting his vexation to destroy him. To this Job replied, “Oh that my grief [vexation] were throughly weighed” (ch. 6:2).

Envy. Or, “jealousy,” “passionate anger” (Prov. 14:30; Isa. 42:13).

Silly one. Better, “simple.”

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