Job 23:16

Contrary to the claims of Eliphaz, Job is not terrified by reaping the consequences of supposed hidden sins, rather, Job is terrified by God's power and His workings. "Despite Job's bold demand for. court hearing, He had to admit that God could be restrained by no one, and that what God desires, He does. Job upstaged Eliphaz by pointing out that repentance would not make it possible for Job to have all his plans confirmed (Job 22:28), because it was God who was carrying out in Job's life what God had decreed for him" (Zuck p. 109).