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Context Eliphaz Exhorts Job1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?… Cross References Job 21:34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood." Job 22:2 "Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? Treasury of Scripture Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Jump to Previous Eliphaz Eli'phaz Responded Temanite Te'maniteJump to Next Eliphaz Eli'phaz Responded Temanite Te'maniteJob 22 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God5. He accuses Job of various sins 21. He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy XXII. (1) Then answered Eliphaz.--Eliphaz proceeds to reply in a far more exaggerated and offensive tone than he has yet adopted, accusing Job of definite and specific crimes. He begins by asserting that the judgment of God cannot be other than disinterested, that if, therefore, He rewards or punishes, there cannot be anything personal in it. Verses 1-30. - Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, e.g. on the unprofitableness of man to God (vers. l, 2), and on the slight importance of Job's case (ver. 3). After this weak prelude, however, there is more vigour in his assault. In vers. 4-9 he directly charges Job with a number of specified sins, and in vers. 10, 11 declares his sufferings to be the consequence of them. He then proceeds to accuse him of denying God's omniscience (vers. 12-14), and, alter some not very successful attempts to retort on him his own words (vers. 15-20), finally recurs to his favourite devices (see Job 5:17-26) of exhorting Job to submission and repentance, and promising him restoration to God's favour and a return of prosperity (vers. 21-30). Verses 1, 2. - Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Can a man be profitable unto God? Job had said nothing upon this point; but perhaps Eliphaz thinks his complaints and expostulations to imply a higher value in man, and a greater claim to consideration at God's hands, than can rightly be challenged. Certainly God does not depend on man for profit or advantage of any kind. Neither our wisdom nor our goodness "extendeth to him." As he that is wise may be profitable unto himself; rather, truly he that is wise is profitable unto himself; i.e. to himself only, and not to God. Man's intelligence and researches can add nothing to God's knowledge.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז (’ĕ·lî·p̄az) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 464: Eliphaz -- 'God is fine gold', a son of Esau, also a friend of Job the Temanite הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י (hat·tê·mā·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8489: Temanite -- inhabitant of Teman replied: וַ֭יַּעַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond Links Job 22:1 NIVJob 22:1 NLT Job 22:1 ESV Job 22:1 NASB Job 22:1 KJV Job 22:1 BibleApps.com Job 22:1 Biblia Paralela Job 22:1 Chinese Bible Job 22:1 French Bible Job 22:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered (Jb) |