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Job 5:17 Cross-References
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“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”
Job 5:17 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 5:17
Eliphaz pronounces a beatitude: 'Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.' The word ashre (אַשְׁרֵי, happy/blessed) opens many Psalms (1:1, 32:1), suggesting spiritual wellbeing. The term yakach (יָכַח, correcteth) means to reprove, rebuke, or discipline. Musar (מוּסָר, chastening) refers to instruction through discipline. Eliphaz's theology sees all suffering as corrective discipline, assuming Job has sinned and God is teaching him. While discipline is indeed a mark of God's love (Hebrews 12:5-11), not all suffering is disciplina...
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Cross-References for Job 5:17
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“for when he has been approved”
“Yah”
“don't despise Yahweh's discipline”
“I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore”
“we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job”
“My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;,And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:,,,,,,,,”
“You have chastised me”