[July 2006 journal entry]
Eliphaz uses the same word for ‘dread’ (4:14) that the ‘scrapheap’ Job has just used in his first statements from the ‘scrapheap’ (3:24). The word for ‘dread’ – which appears several more times in the story/play (13:11, 15:21, 21:9, 22:10, 25:2, 31:23, 39:16, 39:22) -- often refers to the “dread of the Lord” or “fear of the Lord”. Just as often, it refers to abject terror.
Eliphaz uses the same word for ‘dread’ (4:14) that the ‘scrapheap’ Job has just used in his first statements from the ‘scrapheap’ (3:24). The word for ‘dread’ – which appears several more times in the story/play (13:11, 15:21, 21:9, 22:10, 25:2, 31:23, 39:16, 39:22) -- often refers to the “dread of the Lord” or “fear of the Lord”. Just as often, it refers to abject terror.