The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The breaking of the roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions portrays the defeat of the fierce and their loss of power. The saying stands within the speech and argument of Eliphaz, as part of the charge brought against Job by his three friends.
That charge held that Job was suffering because of his sin, while God was disciplining him by bringing him through the fire of affliction. In that setting the speech teaches that God's chastening should not be despised. The saying therefore belongs to the great problems of overruling providence and of sin and suffering, and it shows how people misjudge their suffering fellows.
The friends generally spoke truths but misapplied them to Job's case, so the saying does not establish that every suffering person is wicked or under God's displeasure. The statements of Eliphaz in this chapter must not be accepted as reliable teaching about God or about Job merely because they appear in Scripture, but are to be tested against other inspired declarations.
The breaking of the roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions portrays the defeat of the fierce and their loss of power. The saying stands within the speech and argument of Eliphaz, as part of the charge brought against Job by his three friends.
That charge held that Job was suffering because of his sin, while God was disciplining him by bringing him through the fire of affliction. In that setting the speech teaches that God's chastening should not be despised. The saying therefore belongs to the great problems of overruling providence and of sin and suffering, and it shows how people misjudge their suffering fellows.
The friends generally spoke truths but misapplied them to Job's case, so the saying does not establish that every suffering person is wicked or under God's displeasure. The statements of Eliphaz in this chapter must not be accepted as reliable teaching about God or about Job merely because they appear in Scripture, but are to be tested against other inspired declarations.