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Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

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The Friend's Flawed Logic

Commentators stress the word "Therefore" at the start of this verse. Eliphaz is making a direct, causal link between the sins he just accused Job of and the suffering Job is experiencing. As Matthew Henry notes, Eliphaz's only evidence for Job's sin is his suffering, a flawed and judgmental line of reasoning that the book of Job as a whole refutes.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Job 22:10

18th Century

Theologian

Therefore snares are round about you - “Snares” were used for catching wild animals and birds, and the word then came to denote any sudden c…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Job 22:10–11

19th Century

Bishop

Snares ... about you. —That is, Fear troubles you, or darkness, etc.

“If darkness and an abundance of waters cover…

John Gill

John Gill

On Job 22:10

17th Century

Pastor

Therefore snares [are] round about thee
Not what occasion sin, draw into it, and issue in it, as inward corruptions,…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Job 22:5–14

17th Century

Minister

Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was afflicted as he supposed God always afflicted ev…