Job 22:1-30

The Last Speech of Eliphaz

1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose at his hands. Job can therefore only be suffering for his sins, and Eliphaz suggests those of which he has been guilty.

2b. RV 'Surely he that is wise is profitable to himself': i.e. benefits himself only.