(7) Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? (8) Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? (9) What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? (10) With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. (11) Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? (12) Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, (13) That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
How taunting are those questions, and to what profit? And especially when we consider them coming from the mouth of one who came as a friend to condole with Job on his calamities. Reader! do pause to remark with me, how very important an office that is of visiting the sick, and persons under affliction; yet while a man be found faithful, he should not be harsh and severe in his observations. Eliphaz came to comfort Job: but alas! as Job said, what miserable comforters were both his friends and him!