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07/21/2026
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In these chapters, Eliphaz responds to Job by suggesting that suffering is always connected to personal sin and urging Job to repent. He recounts a frightening vision emphasizing God's holiness and argues that God disciplines those He loves, believing Job's suffering must have a corrective purpose. Although Eliphaz speaks many true statements about God, he wrongly applies them to Job's situation.
Good theology can become hurtful when it lacks compassion and fails to account for the whole story. Before explaining someone's suffering, we should first learn to sit with them in grace and humility.






