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You say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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A Misleading Accusation
Commentators stress that Eliphaz is not quoting Job directly. Instead, he is twisting Job's laments about injustice into a false accusation. Eliphaz infers that for Job to question why the wicked prosper, he must secretly believe that God is too distant and ignorant to see or judge human actions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And thou sayest, How doth God know? - That is, it follows from what you have said; or the opinion which you have advanced …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you say, how does God know ? &c.] What is done on earth, the works of the children of men, their sinful actions,…
Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was afflicted as he supposed God always afflicted ev…
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13th Century
Catholic
When the blessed Job had finished speaking, Eliphaz did not understand his words according to their intended meaning. Indeed, when Job first spoke …
