1. Job 15:3 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 15:3 (Summary)

Job 15:3 (ESV)

3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?

Job’s cries for compassion and justice are dismissed by Eliphaz as unprofitable and of no good. This shows us what effect Eliphaz’s beliefs have had on him. They have made him hard and merciless.

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