(Job 22 | Chapter XVII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?” —Job 22:5 (KJV) Eliphaz now speaks for the final time. Gone is the tone of gentle reasoning.Gone is the mystical dream.Now he delivers false accusations with full confidence. “Is not thy wickedness great? and…
(Job 15 | Chapter XI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?” —Job 15:2 (KJV) Eliphaz returns—but this is not the same man who opened gently in chapter 4. Now he comes with heat.– No more suggestion.– No more mysticism.–…
(Job 4–5 | Chapter V of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?” —Job 4:7 (KJV) The silence is broken. But instead of comfort, Job receives correction.Eliphaz, the oldest of Job’s friends, speaks first. And his words are smooth, religious,…