Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 6:1

"Then Job answered and said," — Job 6:1 (ASV)

But Job answered and said. —Job replies to Eliphaz with the despair of a man who has been denied the sympathy he hoped to find. We cannot trace, nor must we expect to find, a formal, logical reply. Eliphaz, Job feels, has so misjudged his case that he is neither worthy of a direct reply nor receptive to one. It is enough for him to reiterate his complaint and long for one who can enter into it.