Post by Lee on Dec 19, 2014 0:33:52 GMT
ELIPHAZ.—Third Speech (ch. 22.)
He now comes out straight and emphatic (v. 5–10). “Is not thy wickedness great, and thine iniquities infinite? . . . Therefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee.” Then, with hypocritical exhortation, he says (v. 21): “Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace, thereby good shall come unto thee.” . . . “If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up; thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.”
JOB’S REPLY (chaps. 23., 24.).—Smarting under these unfounded and continuous accusations, Job groaned within himself that he could not find God, but he encouraged himself with the assurance of God’s omniscience and justice (v. 10), “He knoweth the way that I take, when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” The wicked, said he, often go unpunished. Yea, even those “that rebel against the light” (24:13), and all finally depart to sheol together.
(1923). The Christadelphian, 60(electronic ed.), 98.