Job 4 - Introduction - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520.

Eliphaz owns Job's former usefulness, but infers from his present state and behaviour that he was a hypocrite, Job 4:1-6. He affirms that God never afflicts man but for his wickedness, Job 4:7-11. He confirms his assertion by the words he heard in a vision, Job 4:12-21. By all this he aims to make Job both penitent and patient under his sufferings.