“‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’”
Key Phrases to Highlight
Key Verse: Job 4:7 – “‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’”
Job 4:7 – “Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?”
Job 4:13 – “a disturbing vision at night”
Job 4:17 – “’Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’”
Notes to Write in the Margin
Eliphaz tries to comfort Job with a theological explanation for his suffering.
Job 4:7-11 – The (False) Accusation: Job is reaping the results of his own sin.
Job 4:12-21 – The Vision: Eliphaz shares a “bad dream” in which he was told humans were weak and sinful.
The idea of “reaping what you sow” isn’t always true. Bad things happen to everyone. No one is exempt.
Cross References
Matthew 5:45 - For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
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