Eliphaz can stand Job no longer. Why does Job persist in declaring his innocence when everything around his speaks of the judgment he deserves? Those must have been his thoughts. Now he releases the “honest” truth on to Job, which the Christian way of saying “I’m going to put you in your place.” All of chapters23 and 24 Job speaks about God and to Him. Only in the last phrase of chapter 24 does God address Eliphaz’s accusations. Job was not only patient in his suffering, he was VERY patient with his friends. He held on to the truth that he knew intimately, not letting the violent words of someone else shake him from his stance of righteousness. It took me 15 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
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