Job 5:1 says, Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?  Eliphaz was basically asking Job to call on anyone who would say that it was not something that Job had done wrong that was causing his suffering. A person is the only one who can state for certain their relationship to God.  There may be no one else who will defend someone when it looks as though they are being punished by God for some sin, but as long as the person being accused knows that he or she has remained faithful to God that is all that really matters.  Even though Job was guilty of questioning God, he knew that sin had not brought his suffering to him.  We must always stand firm in our relationship to God, no matter what the world may say about us.  Verse two adds, For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.  I believe that Eliphaz was telling Job that his wrath at God was foolish and would only kill him.  If we become angry at God for whatever reason it can only lead us to more suffering.  We are indeed foolish to question God and especially to be angry with Him.  Eliphaz was also saying that Job was wrong to envy those around him who were still healthy and prosperous, as was Eliphaz himself.  We today need to live without denying success to other people, especially fellow Christians.  If we are suffering, we still need to rejoice in their success.  The reverse is also true.  If they are suffering, we can never rejoice in their suffering.  Verse three continues, I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.  I believe that Eliphaz was saying that he had seen foolish ideas about God and suffering become established.  He was saying that Job was foolish to think that his suffering was due to anything other than his own sinfulness.  Verse four states, His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.  Eliphaz was in effect saying that Job's sin was responsible for the death of his children.  If Job were not suffering enough, this would certainly add to his suffering.  We need to offer true comfort to those fellow believers who are suffering and not add guilt to their suffering.  Verse five adds, Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.  Eliphaz was still proclaiming that those guilty of sin would eventually have everything taken away from them, just as had happened to Job.  We know that this is not the case with Job and not even in the world today.  Verse continues, Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;  Eliphaz was telling Job that suffering does not come from nowhere.  He said suffering did just spring up without a person causing it by sinful actions.  Verse seven says, Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.  I believe that Eliphaz was saying that by nature, people are born to face trouble when they aren't following God's will.  Some today still teach that earthly suffering is always a result of a person sinning, but we know this is not what the Bible teaches.  Verse eight adds, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:  Eliphaz actually gave Job some good advice here, but for the wrong reason.  He was telling Job to seek God for forgiveness for his sins that had led to Job's current condition.  We should always advise fellow believers to look to God if they are suffering but must never judge them as being guilty of bringing the suffering on themselves because of sin in their lives.  Verse nine continues, Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:  God does indeed do great things in the world today, and as His followers we should always acknowledge that fact.  Verse ten states, Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:  Eliphaz said that God is responsible for sustaining the world.  I believe the implication was that if Job had been faithful to God, he would not be suffering.  Verse eleven adds, To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.  I believe that Eliphaz was telling Job that if he would repent that he would be restored to prosperity.  Again, we must be careful that we never associate material blessings as being a sign of obedience to God and suffering to be a sign of sin in the life of a person.