“Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much”

“Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much”

‘Job Chapter 15’
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you. “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father. Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth? “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous? If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

‘What Eliphaz Has Seen Of Life’

“Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them): All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword. He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield. “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh, he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble. He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return. Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”

1. Should a wise man utter vain _?
2. What was Eliphaz criticizing Job for?
3. He thought that God regarded it no more than He would the __ of the wind.
4. Eliphaz was saying that Job’s talk was ___.
5. What had he forgotten, when he made his statement against Job in verse 4?
6. Where did Eliphaz believe the evil words in Job’s mouth were coming from?
7. What did he say condemned Job?
8. What silly question did he ask Job in verse 7?
9. Hast thou heard the _ of God?
10. What was one of the most cutting things he said to Job?
11. What was the first indication that Job was not an elderly man?
12. How many children did Job have?
13. Who was, probably, the oldest of Job’s friends?
14. What was the solution Job’s friends had offered?
15. Eliphaz said that Job was rebellious toward God and too _ to admit his sins.
16. What, or who, are without spot or blemish?
17. How many of the angels followed Lucifer?
18. Which verse helps to date Job as a very early writing?
19. Why is the sinner afraid of the dark?
20. Verse 25 was an accusation that Job had __ God.
21. What was Eliphaz referring to in verse 28?
22. Verse 29 speaks of Job losing his _.
23. Eliphaz said that Job had deceived himself, how?
24. In verse 32, he was saying that Job will not grow __.
25. What did he call Job in verse 34?
26. What would happen to Eliphaz at the end?