Job 22: Eliphaz Accuses Job of Great Sins

In his third speech Eliphaz argues that God gains nothing from human goodness and charges Job with cruelty to the poor, widows, and orphans, accusations the book’s opening shows to be false. He then urges Job to make peace with God and promises restored blessing and answered prayer.

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In Job 22:15-18, how does Eliphaz respond to Job’s claim that the wicked often live long and prosper?

He says such men were cut off early and their foundations washed outHe admits that Job is right that the wicked usually die in peaceHe says the wicked are punished only through their childrenHe says God has not yet noticed what the wicked have been doing