Job 4 - How NOT to Comfort a Friend

The Bible Explained with Jenn Kokal · Oct 12, 2026 · 28m · transcript

In this episode of The Bible Explained, Job's friend Eliphaz speaks up, and it's a masterclass in how NOT to comfort a friend:

Eliphaz calls Job a hypocrite for helping others through suffering but falling apart when it's his turn.

"Isn't your piety your confidence?" - Why this is the prosperity gospel, and why the whole book of Job is a war against it.

Eliphaz says God is quick to anger and strikes people down, but Psalm 103 says Yahweh is merciful, gracious, and slow to anger.

A secret spirit visits Eliphaz in the night, and he can't discern what it is. How do we test the spirits?

Do we…