Job 15:1 says, Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,  Job may have thought that he had quieted the accusations made by his friends, but he hadn't.  Eliphaz, who had earlier implied that Job might have been hiding some unknown sin, says here that basically he knew Job was guilty of sin, especially hypocrisy.  We may think that our friends will really listen to us with an open mind, but often they may have already condemned us as hypocrites even before hearing what we have to say.  If we challenge what they believe to be the truth, they may become even more vocal in pronouncing condemnation on us.  Verse two adds, Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?  Eliphaz was basically using rhetorical questions to attempt to show Job how wrong he was.  Eliphaz had noted that Job was known for being wise before all the sufferings came upon him, so now he was asking how a wise man like Job could proclaim such empty words.  Eliphaz said Job's defense of himself was just empty air.  Those who have already made up their minds about anything will often refuse to listen to anyone who disagrees with them.  Verse three continues, Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?  Eliphaz was basically asking Job if he thought presenting his defense would accomplish anything, since Eliphaz saw Job's speeches to be of no value.  Eliphaz truly believed that he knew more about the will of God than Job did.  We need to be certain that what we proclaim as God's word really is His word, and if anyone becomes upset by what we say, we still need to stand firm in our faith.  Though Eliphaz was firm in his beliefs, his beliefs were not based on a true understanding of God. Verse four states, Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.  Eliphaz accused Job of no longer fearing, or being in awe of, God.  Once more, Eliphaz was assuming to know more about Job's relationship with God than Job himself did.  He was basically saying that Job was being hypocritical about claiming that he had done nothing to bring this suffering on himself.  Verse five adds, For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.  Instead of being convinced by Job's words, Eliphaz said that what Job had just been saying was uttered in iniquity and was an attempt to prove his innocence by crafty words, or made up defences.  When someone disagrees with us about what God's word teaches, we cannot assume that we are right and they are wrong.  We need to go back to the source, to God Himself, and pray that He will show us the truth.  Eliphaz was so certain that he was right that he became his own proof.  He did not want to honestly consider what Job had been saying.  Verse six continues, Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.  Eliphaz basically accused Job of lying, or at best presenting ideas that were not true even if not deliberately.  This assumed that Eliphaz knew more about God and His will than Job did. We must be careful to not assume that our own thoughts and ideas are God's thoughts, especially when dealing with another Christian.  Verse seven asks, Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?  I believe that Eliphaz was asking Job if he had lived long enough that he had a closer relationship with God than anyone else, as did Adam before sin came into the relationship.  Verse eight adds, Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?  This is a continuation of the same idea.  Eliphaz was asking Job if he thought he had heard some secret of God and that he had kept that wisdom to himself.  Though we would do well to question someone who professes a belief about God that we do not agree with, we should not do it with derision of their beliefs as Eliphaz was here.  Verse nine continues, What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?  Job had disagreed with his three friends, and here was asked how he thought he knew more about God than the three of them did.  The numbers who believe something does not always make it right.  Sometimes we simply have to stand firm in our faith in God no matter how many people may say we are wrong, but we must be sure that what we believe is really the truth of God.  Verse ten says, With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.  Eliphaz told Job that there were older and wiser men who agreed with them, and that simply by the fact that they were older they knew more.  Just because a person has been a follower of Christ longer than someone else does not mean that they have a greater knowledge of God.  Often throughout history there have been great numbers of Christians who followed the wisdom of the world instead of the wisdom of God.  Verse eleven add, Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?  I believe that Eliphaz was basically asking Job if he was allowing some secret sin to keep him from the consolation of God.  Verse twelve continues, Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,  Eliphaz continued to question Job's relationship with God, asking why he allowed his heart to turn him away from God as he winked at, or discounted his unconfessed sins.  Eliphaz was still equating physical suffering with the spiritual relationship one has with God, but we know we cannot do this.  Sometimes the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper.  Verse thirteen states, That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?  Eliphaz said that Job had turned against God in his spirit and was speaking against God with the words that he proclaimed.  Verse fourteen adds, What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?  These are very good questions that we need to ask today, but not for the purpose of declaring that we have a greater understanding of God than someone else may have.  These questions applied to Eliphaz as well as to Job, but I don't believe that Eliphaz saw it that way.  Verse fifteen continues, Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.  Eliphaz states that God does not put His faith in His people to always do the right thing.  We know that Christ was the only One who God could put His faith in to bring deliverance to the world.  Many of the angels had rebelled and people had sinned, so a Redeemer was necessary.