Job 15:17-35

Eliphaz instructs Job regarding the troubled conscience And the Disastrous Fate of the Wicked Man

Having sufficiently rebuked Job's presumption and irreverence Eliphaz proceeds to take up his principles, which "did away with the fear of God," Job 15:4. They are such principles as Job gave forth ch. Job 9:22 seq., Job 12:6. The passage has two parts:

First, Job 15:17, a brief preface, in which Eliphaz states that his doctrine is that of the wise of all times among the pure-blooded races of men, who have never been contaminated by mixture with foreign tribes, and whose traditions are uncorrupted.

Second, Job 15:20, the doctrine regarding the wicked man itself, in which there are three points: (1) the troubled conscience and presentiments of coming evil that continually haunt the evil man, Job 15:20; (2) the cause of this, his defiance of God and sensual life, Job 15:25; and (3) finally, a picture of his punishment and disastrous end, Job 15:29.