Job 5:19-20 No Evil Shall Touch Thee

Job 5:19-20 (KJV)  He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 

The man of Uz, Job was told by Eliphaz that a righteous man will not experience suffering as he did. God will deliver him from all his afflictions. It is not wrong to say that. God is most faithful in caring for His children. A believer’s outward physical condition cannot be a determinant of his standing before God.

The Apostle Paul described God’s care for him in seeing him through all his afflictions. God was there to comfort and keep him. God gave him the grace to overcome the afflictions that came upon him as a result of the work of evangelization that God has called him for His glory.

Eliphaz was making many baseless presumptions in his assessment of God’s treatment of a righteous man. Based on his experience, he has painted a picture of a righteous man escaping famine, having long life…

May the Lord impart grace to His suffering saints in affliction under the assailing of unmindful, presumptuous, foolishly judgmental individuals. Amen.