Job 4:1

Eliphaz (who speaks in Job 4; 5; 15; 23) rests his philosophy on general observation and special revelation (Job 4:8; 5:3,27; 15:17; 4:12-16; 15:18,19). He is committed to a fixed theory, with a much too narrow view of providence (Job 5:3-16; 15:20-35): that is, that no innocent man suffers or perishes (Job 4:7). Therefore, according to Eliphaz, Job suffers because he sinned.

Job 4:2

Poss Job had previously preached this very doctrine.

Job 4:3

Vv 3,4: Many years later these ideas are taken up by Isa (Isa 35:3,4) and then by the writer to the Hebrews (Heb 12:12).

Job 4:7

WHO, BEING INNOCENT, HAS EVER PERISHED?: But ct Isa 57:1: “The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.”

Job 4:15

A SPIRIT: Probably an “angel” (Heb 1:14).

Job 4:18

“Servants” parallel with “angels”.