Eliphaz continues admonishing Job. He encourages his suffering friend to throw himself on the mercies of God Who corrects His children. He urges Job to accept from God the punishment for his sin and to enjoy the restoration that will result.
Job responds by again asking God to comfort him by not allowing him to have been born. His strength is gone, his success has fled. All his dealings in the past have been correct, just and right. He does not lie. His standing is sure; he has not committed anything for God to punish. He informs Eliphaz that this cannot be punishment, for he has done nothing wrong! This is the unbearable truth: that which should comfort him - his right relationship to God - provides no comfort at this time. His life has been upended and nothing makes sense anymore to Job. He asks honestly "Have I sinned? What have I done?"
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