Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 5:1

1. CALL now , if there be any that will answer thee , and to which of the Saints wilt thou turn ?

i. e. Invite, or make proclamation; as this word is oft used, as Deut. 20. 10. Iudg. 12. 1. Ier. 2. 2. & 3. 12. & 7. 2. Call them all as it were by their names: consult the whole Catalogue of them, all which thou didst ever know or hear of.

To wit, of the Saints, as i[illegible: 1+ letters] follows.

i. e. Comply with thee, answer thy desires or expectations: Try if there be any one Saint that will defend or allow thee in these bold expostulations with God. Or, as it is in the Hebrew, If there be any that doth answer thee, i. e. whose opinion or disposition and carriage is answerable, or like to thine. So answering is sometimes used, as Prov. 27. 19. Eccles. 10. 19. Thou wilt find many fools or wicked men, as it follows v. 2. to answer or imitate thee in their speeches and carriages, but not one of the Saints like thee; which deserves thy serious consideration, and gives thee just cause to question thine integrity.

Either 1. the Angels, who are sometimes called Saints, as Iob 15. 15. Dan. 8. 13. Zech. 14. 5. because they are eminently and perfectly holy: or rather 2. holy men; as appears both from the Word, which most commonly is so used; and from the opposition of the foolish man to these, v. 2. and because the example of men was more proper and effectual for Iob's conviction than of Angels.

Or, book; look about thee, view them all, and see if thou canst find one like thee.

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