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Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
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A Sarcastic Question
Commentators explain that Eliphaz is asking a rhetorical question to highlight what he sees as the absurdity of Job's position. He sarcastically asks if God is punishing Job out of fear, or perhaps because of Job's piety. The implied answer is a strong "no," setting up Eliphaz's real argument: that Job's suffering must be due to immense sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? – Or, rather, will he come into trial, and argue his cause before a tribunal, because he is …
19th Century
Anglican
Will He reprove you? —That is, Because He stands in awe of you. Will He justify His dealings with you?
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Will he reprove you for fear of you? etc.] That is, chastise, correct, and afflict, for fear that hurt should be done to …
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Eliphaz considers that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but Job was far from thinki…
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 …
