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For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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A Cruel, Personal Attack
Commentators agree that Eliphaz's words are not a general sermon but a direct and personal attack on Job. He uses imagery of a desolate family ('company of the godless') and destruction by fire to specifically echo Job's recent losses, twisting his suffering into supposed proof of his sin.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the congregation of hypocrites - The word translated “congregation” here (עדה ‘êdâh) properly means an appointed meeting—a meet…
19th Century
Anglican
Desolate. —This was Job’s own word (Job 3:7), and as it is an uncommon word, there may be some intentional reference t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate Hypocrites are such who seem to and would be thought to be, w…
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Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz shows the anxieties and fear the wicked man suffers even in a state of prosperity, he now speaks about the bitter things that consume…
