Wednesday Bible Study: My apologies

This endless yammering is totally frosting my pumpkin. I ' m not sure what to do about it, however, because these chapters are long and it seems like an awful lot to do two of them at once. But what the hell, we have to get this over with. In Ch. 15, Eliphaz castigates Job for complaining to God, basically, and just says, as MacLeish translates it, " In Adam ' s fall we sinned all/We ' re like the flies the creep and crawl/Across the dusty windowpanes, " IIRC, or something like that. In Ch. 16, Job essentially adds the would-be comforters to his afflictions, which is fair enough. What Job doesn ' t know, however, is that the whole thing happened because God made a bet with Satan. Which is even more atrocious than he imagines.15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?3 Would they argue with useless words,    with speeches that have no value?4 But you even undermine piety    and hinder devotion to God.5 Your sin prompts your mouth;    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;    your own lips testify against you.7 “Are you the first man ever born?    Were you brought forth before the hills?8 Do you listen in on God ’s council?    Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?9 What...
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