Pastor John,
I’m just curious. In the verse below, I assume that Eliphaz the Temanite is referring to men who were older than Job’s father. Is that correct? Do you think this implies Job’s father was still alive? Or does this just imply that Eliphaz the Temanite was older than Job?
Job 15:
10: Both the hoary-headed and aged are with us, much older than your father.
Wendell
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Hi Wendell.
I have never understood that verse to mean that Job’s father was still alive, but it is possible. We are not given that information in the book of Job. Neither are we told the age of Job’s three friends, including Eliphaz. I have always taken that comment as referring to elderly men who were there with Eliphaz and his two companions (“with us“). But again, we are not given that information.
Pastor John