Job 5:1
New International Version
“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

New Living Translation
“Cry for help, but will anyone answer you? Which of the angels will help you?

English Standard Version
“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Berean Standard Bible
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

King James Bible
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

New King James Version
“Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

New American Standard Bible
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

NASB 1995
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

NASB 1977
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Legacy Standard Bible
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Amplified Bible
“Call now —is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones (angels) will you turn?

Christian Standard Bible
Call out! Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to?

American Standard Version
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Call now if there is one who answers you, and to whom of the holy ones will you turn?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

Contemporary English Version
Job, call out for help and see if an angel comes!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.

English Revised Version
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Cry out! Is there anyone to answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Good News Translation
Call out, Job. See if anyone answers. Is there any angel to whom you can turn?

International Standard Version
"Cry out, won't you! Is there anyone who will answer you? To whom will you turn among the holy ones?

JPS Tanakh 1917
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Literal Standard Version
“Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?

Majority Standard Bible
“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

New American Bible
Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

NET Bible
"Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

New Revised Standard Version
“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

New Heart English Bible
"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Webster's Bible Translation
Call now, if there is any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

World English Bible
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Young's Literal Translation
Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

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Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.…

Cross References
Job 15:15
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Psalm 89:5
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD--Your faithfulness as well--in the assembly of the holy ones.


Treasury of Scripture

Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?

and to which.

Job 15:8-10,15
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? …

Isaiah 41:1,21-23
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment…

Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

the saints.

Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Job 15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Deuteronomy 33:2,3
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them…

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Job 5
1. Eliphaz shows 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.














V.

(1) Call now.--The speaker now becomes more personal and direct in his tone and bearing. He insinuates that Job is "unwise" and "silly," and promises swift destruction for all such.

Verses 1-27. - Eliphaz, having narrated his vision, and rehearsed the words which the spirit spoke in his ear, continues in his own person, first (vers. 1-7) covertly reproaching Job, and then (vers. 8-27) seeking to comfort him by the suggestion that, if he will place himself unreservedly in the hands of God, it is still possible that God may relent, remove his chastening hand, deliver him from his troubles, and even give him back all his former prosperity. The anticipation is in remarkable accordance with the ultimate event (Job 42:10-17), and shows that Eliphaz, if not a prophet in the higher sense, is at least a sagacious interpreter of God's ways with men, and can very happily forecast the future. Verse 1. - Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; rather, call now; is there any that will answer thee? What aid, that is, wilt thou invoke, if thou turnest away from God, and reproachest him? Thinkest thou to find any one in heaven or earth to answer to the call and come to thy assistance? Utterly vain is any such hope. And to which of the saints wilt thou turn? By "the saints" are meant in this place "the holy angels" (comp. Job 15:15; Psalm 89:7; Zechariah 14:5). The question, "To which wilt thou turn?" seems to imply that there was already in Job's time some knowledge of individual members of the angelic host, such as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, etc., though we have no mention of any names of angels in Scripture until the time of Daniel (Daniel 8:16; Daniel 9:21). That invocation of angels was an actual practice in Job's age is, however, scarcely proved by this passage.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Call out
קְֽרָא־ (qə·rā-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

if you please,
נָ֭א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

but who will answer?
עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ (‘ō·w·ne·kā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

To
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

which
מִ֖י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

of the holy ones
מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים (miq·qə·ḏō·šîm)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

will you turn?
תִּפְנֶֽה׃ (tip̄·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look


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