February 5, 2026
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Reading along with us in Job & Hebrews? Here’s today’s reading:
Job 4 (NIV)
Eliphaz
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
3 Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.……Continue Reading
Eliphaz comes in like any good friend would with their support and oppinion. He starts gently reminding Job of some of his own good advice he had given others but quickly gets to his point, you must have done something wrong! Certainly most situations like this are the result of some sin, bad decisions, or distance from God’s path for our lives but Eliphaz knows Job and must know his character would not merit such things. He finishes with his supposed vision and an expected request, come on just tell us what you did! Like I said this reaction while disappointing is not surprising given man’s logical thought process regarding a situation like this.
Eliphaz starts off well, asks if Job is ready to listen and even compliments Job for the lives that he has helped. But soon after, he uses his experience with others to frame his opinion of Job’s situation. His wrong reasoning is God works against those who are unrighteous and clearly He is working against you, so you must have done something unrighteous. So why don’t you just tell us what it is. It just goes to show that we need to be careful not to presume things about situations that we are having input in and be diligent to ask questions and listen to gain the information we need to have our input. And make sure we speak the truth in love….
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Job 3 & 4
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Job 4 – Job 4 shows the tendency of people to offer judgmental explanations for suffering, failing to understand that righteous people can suffer without having committed specific, hidden sins. No matter how close we are to God we can have suffering, and sometimes we just don’t need friends like his!
Job 4
So confusing, especially after reading in Romans, “there is none righteous, not one.” Standing before God in our own righteousness is, not possible. BUT also, the question of “who sinned?” Is sometimes “no one.”
We must be careful in accusing someone of something. Sure, we have “all sinned” but that doesn’t mean we are guilty of a particular sin.