To Job’s probing questions, Eliphaz offers very shallow answers.
This life is all there is. God’s judgment is meted out in this life according to one’s deeds. Do good, and you will prosper. Do evil, and you will suffer for it. And although one may point to evil men who seem to prosper, “their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure.”
Job seems to be the only one who is wrestling with unanswered questions. The three men beside him have it all neatly figured out.
But, in their defense, if a righteous Judge is behind it all, and in control of it all, and if this life is all there is, is it that far out of line to understand our good and bad circumstances as either the result of God’s favor or displeasure?
There has to be more to it.
