“Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
Parallel translations
- WEB “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- KJV Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
- BSB “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- NASB “Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
- NLT “Cry for help, but will anyone answer you? Which of the angels will help you?
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Quick answer
Eliphaz challenges Job to call out and see whether any holy one will answer him. He implies Job has no advocate among the angels and should not appeal beyond God's settled justice.
Overview
Opening a new section, Eliphaz taunts Job to find some heavenly being who will take his side, suggesting none will. Ironically, Job will later long for exactly such a mediator or witness in heaven. The deep need Eliphaz dismisses is the very need the gospel meets, for believers do have an Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous, who intercedes at God's right hand.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Job 15:15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
- Job 4:18Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
- Job 15:8–10Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
- Isa 41:21–23Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
- Isa 41:1“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
- Heb 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- Eph 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Ps 106:16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
- Ps 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
- Deut 33:2–3He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
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Christ at the center
Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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