Starting in Job 15, we come to the second cycle of the wisdom debate.
In the first cycle, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar each addressed Job, offering comfort – offering explanations of what had happened to Job – trying to help him understand how his afflictions fit into the order of the universe.
And in reply to his three friends, Job maintained his innocence, and set forth his appeal before the court of heaven.
In the second cycle of speeches, each of the friends will start by addressing Job, and then conclude with a description of the fate of the wicked.
For Eliphaz, it is a picture of what Job is not; for Bildad, it is a picture of what Job may become; for Zophar, it is a picture of what Job must avoid. (Clines, 344)
Each of the three friends has a slightly different take on what is happening. Each provides a slightly different solution for what Job must do...
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