For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
This is one of Eliphaz's assurances that the upright and faithful person will be protected and kept at peace. It stands among his assurances of protection from various evils, presenting harmony between the faithful person and the stones and beasts of the field as part of God's promised care. The one under God's care is brought into league with the stones of the field and into peace with its beasts, so that the natural world does not bring harm. This belongs with the assurances of protection from trouble and danger in verses 20-26.
In the setting of Job 5:17-24 it belongs to the assurance that God gives His chosen people extraordinary help in extraordinary times, with protection and peace amid danger. Though true in principle, these assurances were misapplied to Job, for suffering does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure. Because it belongs to Eliphaz's speech, what is stated here is not to be accepted as true merely because it appears in the book of Job, but must be tested against other inspired Scripture.
In the kingdom of peace people will live at peace with the beasts of the field. The promise of safety from the beasts, together with the following promise that the dwelling will be in peace, points to the tabernacle — the new earth — where God's people will be at peace.
This is one of Eliphaz's assurances that the upright and faithful person will be protected and kept at peace. It stands among his assurances of protection from various evils, presenting harmony between the faithful person and the stones and beasts of the field as part of God's promised care. The one under God's care is brought into league with the stones of the field and into peace with its beasts, so that the natural world does not bring harm. This belongs with the assurances of protection from trouble and danger in verses 20-26.
In the setting of Job 5:17-24 it belongs to the assurance that God gives His chosen people extraordinary help in extraordinary times, with protection and peace amid danger. Though true in principle, these assurances were misapplied to Job, for suffering does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure. Because it belongs to Eliphaz's speech, what is stated here is not to be accepted as true merely because it appears in the book of Job, but must be tested against other inspired Scripture.
In the kingdom of peace people will live at peace with the beasts of the field. The promise of safety from the beasts, together with the following promise that the dwelling will be in peace, points to the tabernacle — the new earth — where God's people will be at peace.