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A Flawed Accusation
Commentators note that Eliphaz's question can be read in two ways: as a rhetorical question ('Have you not seen how the wicked are judged?') or a direct accusation ('You are following their path'). Either way, Eliphaz is wrongly associating Job's suffering with the sins of famously judged figures from the past.
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18th Century
Theologian
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? — Have you seen what has happened in former times to wicked people? Job…
19th Century
Bishop
Have you marked the old way ...? —Rather, Do you keep the old way which the wicked men followed? Do you hold their te…
17th Century
Pastor
Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ? The evil way that wicked men have walked in ever since man ap…
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17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz wanted Job to mark the old way that wicked men have walked, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, so that we…