he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair, here begins to encourage him, and puts him in a way to make himself easy.
Commenting on Job 5:6-16
Who giveth rain upon the earth,.... Not upon the land of Israel only, as the Targum and Jarchi, see Deu 11:11; but upon the whole earth; this is particularly mentioned as being of God, and which none of the vanities of the Gentiles can give; and it is a free gift of his, which tarries not for the desert of men, and is bestowed on...
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: (m) He shows by particular examples what the works of God are.