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Job 15:1–21:34 Second Cycle. The arguments of each participant harden in the second round of speeches. Once again the three friends say that Job is suffering because of his sin. Job refuses to accept that explanation. He sees the wicked not as sufferers but as those who prosper despite their godlessness.
Job 15:1–35 As in the first round of dialogues, Eliphaz speaks first.
Job 15:2 Eliphaz says Job is full of wind rather than wisdom.
Job 15:4 you are doing away with the fear of God. The Hebrew lacks the words “of God” (see esv footnote). However, the reference to God in the second half of the verse and the overall emphasis of vv. 2–6 show that this is precisely what Eliphaz is saying. He thinks Job has become careless in his complaint to God and is thus “doing away with” the very thing that will bring him relief, namely, repentance and humility before God.
Job 15:8 Have you listened in the council of God? The question ought to appear ironic to the reader, who has overheard the conversations between the Lord and Satan in the prologue (1:7–12; 2:2–6). Eliphaz is guilty of the very sort of presumption for which he criticizes Job. He has concluded wrongly that Job’s suffering is an obvious indicator of God’s judgment.
Job 15:14–16 Eliphaz revisits the central questions of his first response (see 4:17–21): if God does not trust fully even his heavenly servants, how can Job, a mere man, continue to claim innocence?
Job 15:20–35 Eliphaz describes the wicked man. He hopes that Job will see himself in the descriptions and will repent.
Job 15:27 The double occurrence of fat in this verse should call to mind other uses of the word to describe a proud disregard of God (see Ps. 73:7; 119:70; contrast Job 16:8 and note).
Job 15:31–35 Assuming that his perspective is correct, Eliphaz mercilessly chooses words that focus on the loss of Job’s children as an indication of God’s judgment. Given what the reader knows about Job, this section ought to instill humility in any person who seeks to rebuke another. Job has endured not only his children’s deaths but also the condemning “comfort” of his friends.
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