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Job refers to himself as "a boy," not a fetus or anything but a human.
Leviathan: A seven-headed sea monster of ancient Near Eastern mythology.
When aroused, the dragon would cause an eclipse by swallowing the sun or moon while rising out of the sea.
So if the daytime or nighttime luminary were gone, Job’s birthday would, in a sense, be missing.
Though we can sympathize with Job's pain, we cannot condone cursing what God has blessed.
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Job had some concept of an afterlife where others preceded him--a place where he wanted to be, enjoying the company of great men.
I wonder who he had in mind?
The afterlife for Job was a life of rest, without trouble.
The captives are no longer captive, and the poor are no longer poor.
Job cannot understand why life is given to those bitter in soul.
In a sense, he had the same false idea as his friends regarding sin as it leads to punishment.
Why should someone ever suffer?
All of this has been taken away from Job by God.
Whereas Job believes it is his right to enjoy, it is actually God's right to remove it for no apparent reason.
Eliphaz begins gently enough, but this is only a precursor to his lambasting of Job.
Eliphaz seems to imply that Job could dish it out but not take it.
The sarcasm is subtle: Are you not strong enough in your faith to deal with this Job?
This is the crux of all the arguments against Job.
It is basis for all the false accusations against him.
The upright are destroyed through death every day.
How about the martyrs?
How about Christ?
Beware of personal experience being the explanation of what is happening (cf.
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Though scientific to Eliphaz, it was not based on enough research!
We do not see this truth today as a norm.
The innocent die every day, and the wicked live prosperous lives.
Good theology about sinful man, but horrible application based upon limited information.
If angels and Satan rebelled against God, how much less can God trust these creatures from the dirt?
"Job, no one is going to hear you and help you.
You're a sinner!"
Again, Eliphaz using his own experience, limited though it was.
Yet he used it to try to answer Job's problem.
How wrong he was!
Be careful with experience.
"There are a lot of people who have said..." Beware of these statements.
Always follow up with, "Who?"
Or, "How many exactly?"
Clearly his experience is wrong in this regard.
Oftentimes those who scheme evil succeed greatly.
They are only judged at death.
He is saying, "Job, instead of complaining, you should be joyful!"
He assumes without question that Job has sinned and will not listen to anything else.
Bad counselor!
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This is wonderful counsel for someone who has lost everything because of sin, yet who has repented.
This is horrible counsel, however, for an innocent man.
When we pour out our hearts in the midst of our despair we must be cautious.
We speak impulsively, and our words can be used against us, out of their context.
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Job sounded like a hungry animal in his groaning.
He needed love and understanding from those he thought loved him.
No talk of suicide, yet Job did prefer death to life.
Fair weathered friends are only there for you when things are good.
When trouble came, they were oh-so quick to accuse him.
Job is saying that when he saw his friends, he felt hope and comfort.
But now that they speak to him he sees that this is not the case.
He is now lower than ever.
Two people groups who contributed to his pain ().
Job is saying, "I'm wide open to honesty, but you have resorted to insults."
An allusion either to Ugaritic mythology in which the sea god Yam was defeated by Baal or to the Babylonian myth in which Marduk overcame the sea monster Tiamat and set a guard over her.
So, Job was saying that like the sea or sea monster dominated and confined by a false god, so Job felt as if he were in a subhuman condition in which the true God was guarding him like a defeated enemy.
A good night's rest will fix this!
Yet Job wakes up each day to the same misery with no improvement whatsoever.
Answer: people are the apex of God's creation, and He is glorified through them, through their ups and their downs.
Without confessing any heinous sin, Job surrenders to God, hoping God will point out his sin.
This reveals humility, not a defiant man.
Even Job knows he's a sinner, although he knows not what sin he committed to deserve this kind of punishment.
Unbeknownst to him, he has truly done nothing!
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