Waiting for the right moment ...

Eliphaz is a long-winded dude. He keeps on talking. In chapter 5 he does make a good argument. He invites the suffering Job to seek after God who "saves the needy". He even tells Job that happiness can come even in tough times. That is true!

‘How happy is the one whom God reproves;
therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.
He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no harm shall touch you.

(Job 5:17-19)

But was Job ready to hear this? Was he at the point after losing his family and property to hear such a witness as what Eliphaz gave? These are key questions for those who are seeking to give witness of God.

Job will give an answers to this question whose answer should have been obvious to Eliphaz in chapters 6-7.