"You will know also that your descendants will be many,It's probably a good thing that Job was there instead of me when Eliphaz said this. If it had been me, I probably would have punched him out at that moment. He's talking about how someone whom God disciplines should be grateful, and what the benefits are to the one who pays attention.
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
Here is a man who has just lost all his children. He's lost his sons and daughters in a single day, to what could best be described as a natural disaster. He's also lost his health, and we have no clue how old he is, except that is sons were grown. So there's no suggestion that he will ever have children again, yet here's this blowhard talking about how God will bless those who change their ways so that they will have uncounted descendants. How inappropriate can you get?
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