Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Eliphaz speaks like a genuine Arab when he boasts that his ancestors had ever possessed the land unmixed with foreigners (Umbreit). His words are intended to oppose Job's (Job 9:24); "the earth" in their case was not "given into the hand of the wicked." He refers to the division of the earth by divine appointment (Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:32). Also, he may insinuate that Job's sentiments had been corrupted from original purity by his vicinity to the Sabeans and Chaldeans (Rosenmuller).