Eliphaz Reproves Job
Job
1 Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer, 7 He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked, 12 His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Pro 24:10;Luk 4:23 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
7 ¶ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Psa 7:148 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Isa 30:339 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Psa 3:7;Job 29:17 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psa 34:1011 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 ¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job 33:1513 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
2 Pet 2:418 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.