“‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?’” (4:17)Lest we have any doubt as to the questionable nature of the mystical communiqué received by Eliphaz, we need o...  Read More

“Amid disquieting dreams in the night,  when deep sleep falls on men,  fear and trembling seized me  and made all my bones shake.  A spirit glided past my face,  and the hair on my body stood on end.”...  Read More

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“Should not your piety be your confidence,  and your blameless ways your hope?” (4:6) Just six verses into his opening harangue, Eliphaz inadvertently broaches an issue that happens to be of signal im...  Read More

“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?” (4:2) All the characters in this book seem impatient to get a word in edgewise, and all are quick to criti...  Read More

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: . . .  “As I have observed . . . those who sow  trouble reap it.” (4:1, 8) What sort of man was Eliphaz the Temanite? Many attempts have been made to read between th...  Read More

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. (3:1)After seven days of saintly silence, seven days of commendatory restraint and of “not sinning by anything he said” (2:10), we may...  Read More

“May the day of my birth perish,  and the night it was said, ‘A boy is born!’  That day—may it turn to darkness;  may God above not care about it.” (JOB 3:3-4) However we may try to sympathize with an...  Read More

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“Why is light given to those in misery,  and life to the bitter of soul?” (3:20) Many commentators on Job have felt that the sweeping change that comes over the man in Chapter 3, from radiant saintlin...  Read More

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