Job proceeded to accuse God by making him a byword (proverb) to others (v. 6). Perhaps parents were pointing to him as an example of what happens to a person who lives a hypocritical life. One writer suggested that verse 6 should read, "Therefore I repudiate and repent of dust and ashes."81This statement would express Job's intention to abandon mourning. However most interpreters have not adopted this rendering. Job did not stop mourning.
Bright flashing eyes were and still are a sign of vitality, but Job's eyes had grown dim because of his suffering (v. 7). Nonetheless Job still believed that his experiences would not discourage other godly people from opposing the wicked (v. 8b).
Again Job ended his speech with a gloomy reference to the grave and his anticipated death (vv. 13-16).
