Job 5:19-26 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 5:19-26: 5:19-26 six disasters ... even in the seventh: This wisdom formula reflects a sense of completeness (cp. Prov 30:15-31 ). • This list reflects Mosaic covenant blessings and curses (Lev 26 ; Deut 28 ). Eliphaz thought that people in right relationship with God would be free from famine (Job 5:20 , 22 ; see Lev 26:4-5 , 10 ; Deut 28:4-6 , 8 , 11-12 ), war (i.e., death, Job 5:20 ) and the destruction it causes (5:21 , 22 ; see Lev 26:6-8 ; Deut 28:7 , 48 ), and slander . They will even be at peace with wild animals (Job 5:23 ; see Lev 26:6 ) and the stones of the field . This peace might indicate fertile rather than stony fields (2 Kgs 3:19 , 25 ; Matt 13:5 ), or it might symbolize wider harmony with the natural world (see Ps 91:11-12 ).

Summary for Job 5:19-26: 5:19-26 ^a six disasters ... even in the seventh: This wisdom formula reflects a sense of completeness (cp. Prov 30:15-31 ^b).

• This list reflects Mosaic covenant blessings and curses (Lev 26 ^c; Deut 28 ^d). Eliphaz thought that people in right relationship with God would be free from famine (Job 5:20 ^e, 22 ^f; see Lev 26:4-5 ^g, 10 ^h; Deut 28:4-6 ⁱ, 8 ^j, 11-12 ^k), war (i.e., death, Job 5:20 ^l) and the destruction it causes (5:21 ^m, 22 ⁿ; see Lev 26:6-8 ^o; Deut 28:7 ^p, 48 ^q), and slander. They will even be at peace with wild animals (Job 5:23 ^r; see Lev 26:6 ^s) and the stones of the field. This peace might indicate fertile rather than stony fields (2 Kgs 3:19 ^t, 25 ^u; Matt 13:5 ^v), or it might symbolize wider harmony with the natural world (see Ps 91:11-12 ^w).
5:24 ^x nothing will be missing: See Deut 28:11-12 ^y; cp. Job 1:6-19 ^z.
5:25 ^aa descendants ... as plentiful as grass: See Gen 22:17 ^ab; Lev 26:9 ^ac; Deut 28:4 ^ad, 11-12 ^ae.