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Job
Chapter
15
{Chapters
15-21: The Second Debate}
{Chapters
15-17: Second Debate with Eliphaz}
1-2~~Then
Eliphaz the Temanite replied and said, 2~~
"Would
a wise man answer with empty notions,
and
fill his belly with the {hot} east wind?
3~~Would he argue with useless words?
Or with speeches that have no value?
{Eliphaz's
Self-Righteous Statements Continue}
4~~But
you {Job} even undermine piety.
You
hinder devotion to God/'El.
5~~Your sin prompts your mouth.
You adopt the tongue of the crafty.
6~~Your own mouth condemn you, not mine.
Your own lips testify against you.
{Note: Eliphaz still judges Job as sinful. He transfers to Job his very own sins and evil.}
7~~Are
you the first man that was ever born?
{Idiom of ancient world meaning are you the most important man in
the entire world? and actually here, in chapter 1 we learned that
God said Job IS!}
Were you brought forth before the hills?
8~~Do you listen in on God's/'Elowahh's counsel?
Do you limit your wisdom to yourself?
9~~What do you know that we know not?
What insights do you have that is not in us?
{Note: You can always tell what an arrogant person is thinking. They accuse you of what is going on in THEIR mind! Eliphaz has inordinate ambition.}
10~~The
gray-haired and the aged are on our side . . .
men
even older than your father.
{Note: This myth goes back 4000 years - that all older people are smarter than younger people. Sometimes it is true, but often times it is not true.}
11~~Are
God's/'El's consolations not enough for you . . .
words
spoken gently to you?
12-13~~Why has your heart/'right lobe' carried you away?
And
why do your eyes flash 13~~
so
that you 'venture rage'/'turn your spirit' {ruwach}
against
God/'El,
and
pour out such words from your mouth?
14~~What is man, that he could be pure?
Or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15-16~~If
He {God} puts no trust in the Holy Ones {angels}
and
if even the heavens are not pure/clean in His sight, 16~~
how
much less man who is vile and corrupt . . .
who
drinks up evil like water?
{Note: Hebrews 9:23 Says the Blood of Christ Cleansed Heaven}
17~~Listen
to me and I {Eliphaz} will explain it to you {Job}.
Let
me tell you what I have seen.
18~~What
wise men have declared, hiding nothing
received
from their fathers.
19~~To
whom alone the land was given,
when
no alien/stranger passed among them.
{Eliphaz
Implies that Job is a Wicked Man}
20-21~~All
of his days, the wicked man suffers torment.
The
ruthless . . . through all his years stored up for him 21~~
terrifying
sounds fill his ears.
When
all seems well, marauders attack him
{referring to the attack on Job when he was doing so well}.
22``He
is caused not to believe,
having
returned out of darkness,
he
watches for the sword.
23~~He wanders about . . . food {for a vulture}.
He
knows that the day of darkness is at hand
{referring to having the sin unto death administered}.
24-26~~Distress and anger fill him with terror.
They
overwhelm him like a king
poised
to attack/'ready to the battle' 25~~
because
he shakes his fist at God/'El
and
'shows himself mighty' against the Almighty . . . 26~~
defiantly
charging Him with a thick strong shield.
27~~Though
his face is covered with fat
{idiom meaning he is very prosperous}
and
his waist bulges with flesh.
{Note: One of the visible signs of prosperity in the ancient world was 'fat'. Fat was beautiful!}
{Saying
He will Live in a Ghost Town}
28~~He
will inhabit {shakan} ruined towns
and
in desolate cities, and in houses where no one lives . . .
houses
crumbling to rubble.
29~~He
will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,
nor
will his possessions spread over the land.
30~~He will not escape the darkness.
A
flame will wither his shoots,
and
the breath/spirit of His {God's} mouth will carry him away.
31~~Let him not deceive himself by trusting in what is worthless.
For he will get nothing in return.
32~~Before
his time, he will be paid in full
and
his branches will not flourish
{alluding to Job's poem about trees - Job was saying he was a tree
with a lot of Water of the Word - that he was a mature believer -
and Eliphaz is disputing that}.
33~~He
will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes . . .
like
an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
34~~For
the company of the godless will be barren
and
fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes
{Eliphaz is trying to ask in a sideways fashion - 'Job did you use
your money to bribe people? Is that why God is disciplining
you?'}.
35~~They
conceive trouble
and
give birth to evil.
Their womb fashions deceit."
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