Text -- Job 22:1 (NET)

Eliphaz’s Third Speech

22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 22:1

¹ sn The third and final cycle of speeches now begins with Eliphaz’ final speech. Eliphaz will here underscore the argument that man’s ills are brought about by sin; he will then deduce from Job’s sufferings the sins he must have committed and the sinful attitude he has about God. The speech has four parts: Job’s suffering is proof of his sin (2-5), Job’s sufferings demonstrate the kinds of sin Job committed (6-11), Job’s attitude about God (12-20), and the final appeal and promise to Job (21-30).