Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Parallel translations
- WEB saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
- BSB ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
- NKJV ‘Surely our adversaries are cut down, And the fire consumes their remnant.’
- NASB ‘Truly our enemies are eliminated, And fire has consumed their abundance.’
- NLT They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
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Quick answer
Eliphaz quotes the righteous celebrating that their adversaries are cut off and consumed by fire. He pictures the complete destruction of the wicked.
Overview
Eliphaz continues the song of triumph over the fallen wicked, whose remnant is consumed. The certainty of God's final judgment on persistent evil is a genuine biblical theme (2 Thess 1:8-9). Yet Eliphaz uses it to push Job toward repentance by frightening him with the fate of the ungodly, still operating on the false assumption of Job's guilt.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Pet 2:6–7And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Job 20:26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
- Job 1:16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
- Gen 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- Job 21:27–28Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Luke 13:1–5There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
- Job 4:7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
- Job 15:5–6For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
- Luke 17:29–30But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
- Job 20:18–19That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- Job 8:3–4Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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