Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
All Commentaries on Job 22:2 Go To Job 22
John Chrysostom
AD 407
“Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, ‘Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge?’ ” After being defeated, Eliphaz eventually agrees with this. Then, since what had been said allowed everyone to come to the conclusion that Job was not impious and that the conduct of a person could not be judged on the basis of his punishments, notice the perfidy at which he almost arrives to suppress the role of Providence.