15:1–35 Review · Eliphaz, in response to Job’s argumentative stance, reprimands Job through a flurry of rhetorical questions and bold statements. Age is thematically important in Eliphaz’s words here (15:10, 17–18), for it—with its twin of wisdom—outweighs Job’s understanding of reality. We recognize, with more clarity, that Eliphaz believes that Job’s rhetoric is undermining the very core of established, and for Eliphaz, correct religion (15:4). The long run of words about the wicked (15:20–35) is not Eliphaz’s description of Job, but it likely serves as cautionary. Eliphaz, throughout his three speeches, sees Job not as an impious, sin-permeated person. Job, at his core, is righteous but suffers at the moment from disciplinary calamity. Job has done something wicked but is not wicked. F…