Eliphaz continues, first by asking what is the point in calling out, no one in heaven will hear you. It can seem at times as though God is not listening.
Eliphaz has seen fools come quickly to nothing. Yet trouble seems to be the lot of all people, wise or foolish.
Verses 8-16 contain stuff found in many places in the Old Testament, especially in Proverbs. They express the conventional faith and belief of Job. The God who provides everything and looks after the poor. It is important to realise that the advice given by the comforters was, at least for the most part, good stuff. We could preach a good sermon on it!
Eliphaz then urges Job to appeal to God, to lay his cause before the Lord. This, indeed, is what Job proceeded to seek to do. Then Eliphaz continues to declare the goodness and greatness of God. He also says that discipline is good, and we are blessed when God corrects us. This again is perfectly sound and good Biblical teaching. He also declares a number of the promises of God.
All this is true, so how can things seem to go so wrong at times?
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