Job 26:1 says, But Job answered and said,  Job was still responding to the claims that his friends were making against him.  In verse two Job asks, How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?  Job was basically asking Bildad how what he had said could help those in need.  We may know the truth of God, but if we try to use His truth to condemn others instead of to comfort and offer hope to them, the what have we accomplished?  God expects His people to reach out to the world with His love and not with His condemnation.  We as followers of Christ can only be effective by sharing God's love with the world.  Verse three asks, How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?  Job asked Bildad if he thought he was counseling someone who had no wisdom by his words which were plentiful.  We may at times believe that we know more about God than those around us, but may instead be attempting to counsel someone who has a better understanding of God than we do.  We cannot assume that we are morally superior to those around us.  Verse four asks, To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?  Job asked Bildad who he thought he was talking to, and more importantly whose spirit he was speaking from.  We need to understand that we do not alone understand God's word, and we certainly need to make sure that what we say comes from the Spirit of God.  In the following verses, Job speaks of the majesty of God, something his friends and he could agree on.  Verse five states, Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.  Though I am not sure at the wording that dead things are formed, I believe that it means that God formed the creatures of the sea from nothing.  They have no life without Him.  Verse six states, Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.  I believe that Job was saying that even if a person were in hell, he would not be out of God's view.  Even for the lost, the soul is everlasting, and never truly escapes from the knowledge of the existence of God.  Verse seven says, He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.  Job said that God created everything from nothing and that He sustains it.  God keeps everything in its proper place.  Verse eight says, He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.  Job said that God controls the rain.  We may wonder at times when we have a flood or a drought why God allows this, but we know that He has it in His power to flood the world if He decided to, so we have to acknowledge His greatness in not allowing this to happen.  Verse nine states, He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.  I believe that Job was saying that in this life we can never see the full majesty of God. Verse ten says, He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.  Verse eleven declares, The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.  God can indeed shake the heavens and the earth, as they are His creation.  Verse twelve says, He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.  I believe that the proud would be those who felt that they were above living by the knowledge of God.  There are people today who proudly claim that there is no God, but one day they will be struck down forever.  Verse thirteen says, By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.  We know that God created the heavens and the earth, and Matthew Henry says that the crooked serpent likely refers to the Milky Way.  This is the part of the heavens that the earth is in, but even the Milky Way is not the extent of God's creation.  In verse fourteen Job declares, Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?  Job said that we can see parts of God's work, but that we see only a small part of the majesty of God.  When Christ returns to claim His followers, the we will begin to see the full majesty of God.

Job 25:1 states, Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,  Bildad still was unwilling to acknowledge that what Job had been saying was the truth.  He was still determined to prove that Job was being punished by God for some unconfessed sin.  We may encounter people today who see us suffering and are certain that the suffering is caused by some sin in their lives, but we may be just as wrong as Bildad was.  He didn't have as much to say this time though.  What Bildad had to say was true, but it just didn't apply to Job's situation.  We cannot attempt to to force God's truths to support our beliefs, but must align our beliefs with God's truth.  Verse two states, Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.  God does have dominion over all the world, but He sometimes allows Satan to exercise power.  We can rest assured in the final outcome.  Since God is the ultimate authority, we need to always stand amazed in His presence.  I do not believe that we have to come to God fearing that He will suddenly strike us down if we are His followers, but instead in awe of the fact that He loves us enough to redeem us.  God does make peace in His high places. Verse three asks, Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?  Bildad asked if God was limited in His ability to defeat those that opposed Him. Though God may have an unlimited army, He has the power to overcome His enemies simply by His word.  God does indeed shine His light on the whole world.  In verse four Bildad asks, How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?  Bildad's implication was that people cannot be justified before God by their own merit.  There is no way that we can ever justify ourselves, which is why Christ came to the world to make our justification available through our faith in Him.  Verse five declares, Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.  Bildad said that even the heavenly bodies were not pure in the sight of God.  Just as the moon only reflects light, so it is that people can only reflect the Light of God.  We can never be a light unto ourselves, or bring about our own salvation in other words.  Verse six asks, How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?  When compared to God, we are no more than a worm.  We may like to think that we are rich and powerful, but before God we are nothing.  Bildad did not apply these truths to Job directly this time.  He was as running out of arguments, and Zophar had nothing to add this time.

Job 24:13 says, They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.  Job is speaking of those that he had referred to in the previous verses.  Those who stole from and oppressed the poor did not have the light of God in their lives.  They did not follow what God's Law taught.  I don't believe that we can claim to be followers of God today and look down on those less fortunate than we are with a lack of concern at best or contempt at worst.  We certainly should not be attempting to use them for our own benefit or profit.  Verse fourteen says, The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.  I believe that Job was saying that it didn't matter what the time of day was, morning or night, that there were always those who would murder others for what they had.  Verse fifteen states, The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.  Job said that the adulterer would wait until dark was coming to commit their crime, thinking that no one would see them.  They could not hide their evil deeds from God, and neither can we.  Still, they were not immediately struck down by God.  Verse sixteen states, In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.  Job said that those who intended to rob a house at night often used the light of day to plan their crimes.  We know that as followers of Christ that we live in the light, and we need to make sure that we never attempt to use that light to justify taking what belongs to another.  Verse seventeen says, For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.  Job said that those who steal from others don't want to be recognized in the light of day.  I believe that we can likewise say that those who sin against God do not want to be caught in His light, but it is unavoidable.  Verse eighteen states, He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.  Job appears to be speaking of pirates in this verse.  They boldly take what belongs to others.  We still hear of piracy today, and the pirates really act without concern for being caught.  Verse nineteen says, Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.  In this verse through verse twenty four, Job speaks of the certainty that the wicked will ultimately be judged and found guilty by God.  They may hide in the darkness or outrun judgment in this life, but as surely as drought and heat consume the water from melted snow, the wicked will be judged after death.  Verse twenty states, The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.  Job states that even the mother of a truly wicked person would rather forget them.  Verse twenty one says, He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.  Job once more begins to state some of the evil things that the wicked do.  They have no compassion for the childless couple or for the widows.  Having children in this time frame was important for carrying on the family name and for security in old age.  Verse twenty two says, He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.  I believe that Job was saying that even those that were mighty in the world were not exempt from falling into the power of the wicked, but still the wicked were not always punished in this lifetime.  Verse twenty three says, Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. Then verse twenty four concludes, They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.  I believe that Job was saying that even though the wicked, those who refused to acknowledge and follow God, might die prosperous in the eyes of the world, they faced the ultimate judgment of God.  We cannot hide sin from God, nor can we outrun His ultimate judgment, but that does not mean that the wicked will always be punished in this lifetime.  In verse twenty five, Job asked, And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?  Job challenged his friends to prove him wrong if they thought he was.  If we are living by the truth of God, we like Job need never worry that someone can prove that what we say is wrong.  Even if people oppose what we say, we can stand firm in God's truth.

Job 24:1 says, Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?  Job now stops defending himself and starts to again dispute his friends claim that the wicked are always punished in this life.  Job said that nothing was hidden from God and those who knew Him should always acknowledge that God was at work in the world every day.  Verse two states, Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.  Job was speaking of the ways that the wicked prospered.  They changed the markers that defined property boundaries and stole the flocks of others through violent means.  We do not have to look far today to see the poor being oppressed by those in power.  They don't even have to use violence to do it, though often they may.  Verse three states, They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.  Job said that instead of protecting the orphans and widows that the wicked who were in power took away what little they had.  Since wicked people will never be concerned with the welfare of the less fortunate, it is up to God's followers to care for their wellbeing.  Still, even as the wicked took away from the poor, they were not struck down by God, as Job's friends had claimed would happen.  Verse four continues this thought stating, They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.  When those with the riches and power in the world act only in ways that enrich themselves, then the poor do end up huddled together.  Poor people do tend to hide away from the rich, especially if they feel that they are only going to be used for the benefit of the rich.  The concept that if we can only make the rich even richer that they will suddenly do what is best for the poor I believe is based on a lie.  If people have not used their vast riches to help those in need giving them more riches is not going to change their nature.  Verse five states, Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.  I believe that Job was saying that even when the poor were up early and working that they were still preyed upon by the wicked of the world, who were up even earlier planning how to take what was not theirs.  The wicked hid out from the righteous of God, like a scrounge in the desert.  We may hide the evil that we do from the world, but we can never hide it from God.  Verse twenty four says, They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.  Job said that even the wicked bravely stole the crops of the righteous.  We hear so many times today of people being robbed, yet God does not immediately strike down the robber, even if the one being robbed is one of God's followers.  We also hear of very rich people being caught cheating the poor through dishonest business practices, but again they are not immediately punished by God as Job's friends were claiming would happen.  Verse seven states, They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.  Job said the wicked would leave people naked and out in the cold.  Verse eight says, They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.  Job said often people were left to try and find shelter under the rocks to escape the rain, and that this was not a punishment from God.  God's people are called on to help those in need, but often we instead look down on them and are afraid that helping them will cost us too much.  If this is the attitude of God's people, imagine how the wicked view the poor.  Verse nine states, They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.  Then verse ten continues, They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;  I believe in these verses that Job was saying that the wicked of the world have a total lack of concern for the welfare of others.  A lot of what Job was referring to was what could be considered legally taking what belonged to others without returning it or leaving them with basic necessities.  If a cloak were pledged for security, it was to be returned at night so the person would not go cold.  Verse eleven says, Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.  I believe that Job was saying that the rich continued to enjoy life with no concern for the poor.  As they enjoyed their wine, they were not concerned about those who go thirsty.  Verse twelve declares, Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.  Job said that even as those around the rich of the world who did not follow God suffered, that God did not strike them down.  God did not immediately hold them accountable for their folly, as Job's friends were contending would happen.

Job 23:1 says, Then Job answered and said,  Job was still stating his basic claim, and that was that he didn't know why God was punishing him and that he didn't feel that God was listening to him.   We need to learn to put our faith in God, even if the world seems to be collapsing around us.  Verse two states, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.  I believe that Job was claiming that due to his suffering, which he felt God was the direct cause of, that he had a right to be bitter toward God.  We can never allow what is going on in our lives to determine how we feel about God.  Even in the worst of suffering, we must still praise God for His forgiveness and know that we are safe in His arms for evermore.  In verse three Job declares, Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!  I believe that Job thought that since his condition was not improving that God was not listening to him.  If we are suffering in life, we need to simply pray that God's will shall be done in our lives.  When we pray honestly under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, we can be certain that God hears our prayers.  If we are sincerely praying that God's will be done, we can rest assured that it will be, even if we don't understand how God is accomplishing this.  Verse four states, I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.  Job said that if God would listen, then he could present his case to God.  Job should have understood that God was already listening to him.  We need to pray with that understanding.  If we are followers of Christ, not only will God always hear our prayers, but He will often hear our prayers when we do not even know what to pray.  Job said that he could present his arguments to God, but he nor we can prove ourselves worthy of God's forgiveness, no matter how long we argue.  Verse five says, I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.  We cannot presume, as Job seemed to, that we know the right words to say to God in all situations, and we certainly cannot assume to know what God's answer is going to be.  We need to simply put our trust in God's everlasting security.  Even if we feel that we are being unjustly punished by God, we need to remember that God is never unjust in His dealing with people.   In verse six Job says, Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.  I believe that Job may have been pointing out that God, unlike his friends, would not argue that Job had done something to deserve his current suffering.  Job said that if he could present his case to God that God would strengthen him, unlike Job's friends who were condemning him.  God is indeed our source of strength, and He will never abandon us.  Verse seven states, There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.  We need to realize that even if the righteous could dispute with God as Job said, that we are told by God that there is none who is righteous.  We cannot claim deliverance from the penalty of sin based on our own righteousness, but must accept it based on God's gift of salvation through Christ. Verse eight says, Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Job said that no matter if which direction he went, forward or backward, he could not find God.  Job continues in verse nine, On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:  Job was looking every where for an answer from God, but believed that God was not to be found.  The problem was not with God not being with Job, but with Job equating his condition as God's punishment for reasons that Job did not understand.  As followers of Christ, if we feel God has abandoned us or is treating us unfairly, we need to correct our thinking.  God never acts unfairly.   Verse ten states, But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.  Job stated that God knew that he had remained true to God, and that even as he was being tried by suffering, he would be purified like gold.  Our suffering for our faith should only purify that faith.  Verse eleven says,  My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.  Job said that he had not departed from the way of God, no matter what his friends might say.  This should be our testimony about our faith in God.  In verse twelve Job declares, Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.  Job said that God's word, that spiritual feeding, was more important to him than food itself.  We need that same understanding today.  God's word and will come above everything else.  Verse thirteen says, But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.  Job was correct that if God has truly decided to do something that no one can force Him to change His mind, but we are not the ones to determine when that has happened.  If everything is already determined by God, then prayer would be foolish, in my opinion.  Verse fourteen states, For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.  Job said that God was going to do with him whatever He wanted to do, but Job misunderstood why God was allowing these things to happen.  Verse fifteen says, Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.  I believe that Job's fear of God came because he was not truly trusting in God in his current state.  If we really know God, we will have no reason to fear Him if we are doing our best to live by faith in Christ.  Verse sixteen states, For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:  Job was troubled because he didn't understand why these things were happening to him.  Verse seventeen states, Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.  Job felt that he had access to God before his suffering started, but that now he was left in darkness.  We can know beyond a doubt that God will never leave His people in darkness, and that our physical condition will never dictate our spiritual relationship with God.

Job 22:15 says, Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?  I believe that Eliphaz was asking Job to look at the history of evil people being destroyed for their sins.  Though many were destroyed, there were also many who were not.  Verse sixteen says, Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:  Eliphaz was probably referring to the flood as an example of God's direct punishment of evil people in the world.  When God acted to directly destroy evil, He made it known that is was His action that caused the destruction.  Verse seventeen states, Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?  The flood came because people had decided that they did not need God, if He even existed.  Job never questioned the existence and sovereignty of God.  Verse eighteen states, Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.  Eliphaz was again attributing all material wealth to being a direct action of God.  He was implying that God had allowed Job to become rich, as did many people in the past, but that since Job had not truly followed God's will for his life that he had been struck down just like sinners of old who had been destroyed by God.  Verse nineteen says, The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.  Eliphaz said that when the righteous saw evil people being destroyed that they delighted in their destruction and laughed at them.  This would be the view that they got what they deserved, and would justify Eliphaz's attitude about Job.  Instead of rejoicing at the destruction of evil people we should be heartbroken by their going away to everlasting punishment.  In verse twenty Eliphaz declares, Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.  Eliphaz was still contending that the wealth of the righteous would never fail, but that the wealth of the wicked would be consumed by the fire of God, as it was with Sodom and Gommorah.  This is once more a prosperity gospel, stating that God would bless His people with wealth while destroying the wealth of the wicked.  In verse twenty one Eliphaz says, Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.  Eliphaz was telling Job that Job needed to acquaint himself with God, the implication being that Job until this point had been hypocritical about his relationship with God.  He said if Job did this, Job would be at peace and good things would come to Him.  We cannot promise riches to those who come to God in faith, nor can we promise destruction to those who won't come to Him.  Verse twenty two advised Job, Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.  I believe that Eliphaz was still judging Job to be a hypocrite and was telling him that he really needed to make things right between God and himself.  Verse twenty three states, If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.  Eliphaz told Job that if he would return to God, he would once again be built up, or be prosperous.  He said that Job would then need to remove sin from his life.  This still assumes Job was being punished for his sins and that being faithful to God always brought material rewards, when both assumptions were wrong.  We cannot judge people's relationship to God on material possessions, nor can we promise them prosperity if they follow God's will for their lives.  Verse twenty four says, Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, band the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.  Then verse twenty five continues, Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.  These two verses continue to express the idea that serving God always brings material wealth.  Verse twenty six says, For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. I believe that Eliphaz was saying that once Job was prosperous again, then he would praise God.  If we base our praise of God on material wealth, then we are doomed to failure.  Nothing can come between God and us if we are truly His.  Verse twenty seven declares, Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.  Eliphaz stated that when Job was restored to a prosperous state and prayed that God would hear him, if Job fulfilled his vows to God.  This once more bases God's forgiveness on our actions, and not on the action of God.  We cannot become right with God based on anything other than our faith in Him.  Verse twenty eight declares, Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.  This is a name it and claim it declaration.  Eliphaz was saying that when Job was in the right relationship with God that all he had to do is declare what he wanted and he would get it.  We know that this is not what God promised.  God promises to meet our needs and not our wants and desires.  We must align our needs with God's will, and never claim that all we have to do is desire something strongly enough and God will give it to us.  Verse twenty nine says, When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.  I believe that Eliphaz was saying that once Job was restored that he could attest to those who were cast down that if they would humble themselves before God that they would be restored to material wealth.  Eliphaz was basically telling Job that he would then understand that Eliphaz was right in what he was saying.  Verse thirty concludes, He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.  Eliphaz said that God would deliver the innocent based on the pureness of their hands, or works.  As followers of Christ, we know that none is innocent, and also that we cannot become pure enough by our own abilities to be restored to a right relationship with God.  Only God can restore us, and that is only possible by our faith in Christ as our Savior and Lord.

Job 22:1 says, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,  Eliphaz still believed that he was right and Job was wrong.  Sometimes people will hang on to their preconceived ideas about God even if it is pointed out by someone else, or even the working of the world itself, that they are wrong.  Verse two asks, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?  There is nothing wrong with the question that Eliphaz asks.  Man can never be profitable to God from his own nature.  People have nothing that God needs, but God will make a person profitable to Himself if they follow His will.  Verse three asks, Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?  Our righteousness does not give God anything that He doesn't already have.  If we live a righteous life to the best of our ability, it is not God Who profits, but we ourselves who profit.  We need to always remember that God already owns it all.  In verse four Eliphaz asks, Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?  Again, these are all good questions about the nature of God, but they are being applied wrong.  God does not enter into any relationship out of fear.  We are to serve God in fear, which I believe means acknowledging God's greatness.  I do not believe that we should serve God out of fear of His punishment, but out of love for His forgiveness.  Verse five asks, Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?  Job's friends had been speaking in more general terms about sin and hypocrisy being punished in this life, but now Eliphaz makes it more personal.  Eliphaz asks Job if he doesn't realize that his wickedness and iniquity were infinite.  Eliphaz was basically saying that Job's sins were immeasurable.  His attack was now very personal.  Even if we are stating the truth about God's nature, we cannot do so simply to condemn someone else.  Verse six states, For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.  Eliphaz was now making up false accusations to accuse Job with.  Eliphaz said that Job was not dealing fairly with those he helped, but was really out to strip them bare for his own benefit.  Hopefully, if someone attempts to judge us as wicked and hypocritical today they will have to base their judgment on lies.  In verse seven, Eliphaz continues to condemn Job by asking, Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.  Eliphaz had supposedly come to comfort Job and at first accused Job of being guilty of some secret sin, but now he was accusing Job of deliberately sinning in all his actions.  Eliphaz was again attempting to prove that Job's suffering was a direct result of God's punishment for Jobs sins, so he now began to invent reasons for it.  It is bad enough if we prejudge people without adding lying about them to the list.  Verse eight says, But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.  Eliphaz accused Job of allowing the rich to get away with crimes while he punished the poor.  We see this seemingly happen a lot in the world today, but hopefully it is not the case with those who are God's people.  Verse nine states, Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.  Eliphaz was saying that not only did Job not help the poor, but he made it impossible for them to help themselves.  Verse ten states, Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;  I believe that Eliphaz was saying that God had set up situations where Job could prove he was righteous, and that Job's failure to act in a righteous manner became a snare to him.  God will never tempt us to do evil to prove us unworthy of His love and forgiveness, because we already are.  Only through accepting Christ as Savior and Lord can we find forgiveness and restoration with God, and when we do the Holy Spirit will be with us to keep us from temptation.  Verse eleven says, Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.  Eliphaz was still telling Job that his suffering was of his own making due to sin in his life and that Job could not see the light of truth.  Verse twelve says, Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!  Eliphaz was reminding Job of how much higher God and His ways were compared to man's ways.  Though true, Elipaz was applying this truth in the wrong manner.  Verse thirteen says, And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? Then verse fourteen states, Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.  I believe in these two verses Eliphaz was asking Job if he thought his sins were hidden from God.  We can be sure that our sins will never be hidden from God, but we can only account for our own sins.  We should never attempt to judge anyone else's suffering in life to be a result of God's punishment for some sin in their life.