Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job 22:10 belongs to Eliphaz's third speech in the long debate between Job and his three friends about the cause and purpose of human suffering, a speech in which he accuses Job and describes the end of the wicked. In it Eliphaz speaks from his own wisdom and observation that trouble proves wrongdoing, having never known a thoroughly good man to be so afflicted, and so he asserts that snares are round about Job and sudden fear troubles him. The general principle behind his words holds true, because evil is ultimately punished and good is ultimately rewarded.
Yet as applied to Job the accusation is misapplied and is not a reliable statement of the truth about Job or God, so its claim about Job is not affirmed as fact. Affliction does not prove a person is under God's displeasure and is no cause for discouragement, for God chastens those He loves. In Job's case God was working for His own glory, for Job's blessing, and for comfort and hope to thousands of sufferers afterward.
Job 22:10 belongs to Eliphaz's third speech in the long debate between Job and his three friends about the cause and purpose of human suffering, a speech in which he accuses Job and describes the end of the wicked. In it Eliphaz speaks from his own wisdom and observation that trouble proves wrongdoing, having never known a thoroughly good man to be so afflicted, and so he asserts that snares are round about Job and sudden fear troubles him. The general principle behind his words holds true, because evil is ultimately punished and good is ultimately rewarded.
Yet as applied to Job the accusation is misapplied and is not a reliable statement of the truth about Job or God, so its claim about Job is not affirmed as fact. Affliction does not prove a person is under God's displeasure and is no cause for discouragement, for God chastens those He loves. In Job's case God was working for His own glory, for Job's blessing, and for comfort and hope to thousands of sufferers afterward.