Job 4:7-11

[7] Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? [8] Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap [9] By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. [10] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. [11] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

What is the context of Job 4:7-11?

Eliphaz Speaks (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz: Job Has Sinned (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz’s First Response to Job (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz: the Innocent Don’t Suffer (Job 4:1-21 true)
Eliphaz (Job 4:1-21 true)

What does Job 4:7-11 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

This is one of the clearest expressions of Eliphaz"s view of why people suffer and his view of the basis for the divine-human relationship ( Job 4:7). He believed good people always win and the bad always lose. He was asserting that Job"s sins were finding him out. Bildad and Zophar shared this conclusion, but experience does not support it, as Job pointed out later. Eliphaz also explained the basis for his arguments: personal experience ( Job 4:8). Unfortunately, any one person"s individual experience is too limited to provide enough data with which to answer the great questions Job and his friends discussed.