Job 4:10 says, The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.  Eliphaz may have been using the lion to represent nations that had come to power and then fell.  He could also have been using the analogy to represent Job, who had once been powerful, but now was fallen.  Verse eleven adds, The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.  Eliphaz said that when the lion got old that it was no longer powerful, and I believe he was saying that Job's faith was the same way.  For a while Job had been prosperous, but now Eliphaz was telling Job that he had been a hypocrite and was now as powerless as an old lion.  Verse twelve continues, Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.  Epiphaz began to relate a vision than he had from God, whether after coming to see Job or some time before.  He said the vision came to him secretly.  We know before the coming of Christ that God often spoke to His people in visions, and He may still today to help us better understand His purpose for our lives.  Verse thirteen states, In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,  Eliphaz said the vision came to him at night.  When we are asleep and the noise and cares of the world are shut out, then God may speak to us, but we must never confuse dreams with visions from God.  I believe we will know the difference between the two.  Verse fourteen adds, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.  He says that the vision that he had literally caused him to shake all over.  When God does speak to us, we should listen in awe that He would do so.  God's word to us should have an impact.  Verse fifteen continues, Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:  Eliphaz recognized this as more than a dream, stating that he saw a spirit pass before his face.  We might say that Eliphaz was having a nightmare, but I believe that God made him aware that it was God speaking to him.  I believe that as followers of Christ we will always recognize God's voice, no matter how He speaks to us.  Verse sixteen says, It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,  Eliphaz said that the spirit stood still, but that even though he could not discern the shape of the spirit, but that after a period of silence he heard a voice.  I believe God will always prepare us to hear when He speaks.  We simply need to be silent and hear Him.  Verse seventeen adds, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?  This was the message that Eliphaz had received from God.  The question concerned man in relationship to God, asking if man, the created being, could be more just than the Creator, God.  I believe that Eliphaz may have been applying this to Job's questioning why all this was happening to him.  Verse eighteen continues, Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:  Eliphaz said that God could not even put His faith in the angels, many of whom rebelled.  If the angels failed, how much more likely is it that man could not stand in his own righteousness.  Verse nineteen asks, How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?  We need to realize that the life that we live here is mortal, and that we need to acknowledge that only through following God's will does life even have meaning.  Verse twenty adds, They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.  Mortal man shall die, and many, many do daily.  If a person does not acknowledge God's deliverance through Christ, even though in Eliphaz's time that was a coming event, then that person will perish forever separated from God.  No one can stand before God, saved by their own goodness.  Verse twenty-one continues, Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.  When we die, what we have done on earth is no longer important, except those things done for God.  If we do not acknowledge that God is the only One Who can restore a right relationship with Him, then we truly die without the only wisdom that really matters.  Eliphaz was applying this vision to Job, and I believe asking why Job would feel qualified to question God.  I believe that he was also saying that this vision indicated that Job had done something wrong.  Even if God gives us a vision, we must not attempt to use it to judge others.  The vision may have applied to Eliphaz and his relationship to God more than to Job and his relationship to God.  We must not be quick to judge other people by our understanding, but if we judge, it must be with a clear understanding that we are not judging by our own merit.  We are not called to be a judge, but a witness.