So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Here is an example of the fallacy of the “chapter and verse” method of proving a thing to be Scriptural. This verse, read of its own accord, becomes exactly the opposite lesson the Word of God teaches as a whole.
Job was not “righteous in his own eyes.” That the three men judged him so does not make it so. That Elihu agreed with them does not make it so. That God recorded their judgment in this passage does not make it so.
John Gill writes of this passage, “Job was no self-righteous man, nor was he so charged by his friends; to say he was is to abuse his character, and is contrary to that which God himself has given of him; nor would he have so highly commended him as to suggest there was none like him on earth, when of all men in the world there are none more abominable to God than a self-righteous man; see Isaiah 65:4.[1] It is contrary to Job’s knowledge of and faith in Christ, as his living Redeemer, Job 19:25;[2] and to many clear and strong expressions, confessing his sin, disclaiming perfection, and declaring himself no self-justiciary, Job 7:20.”[3]
This is what “rightly dividing”[4] means. It does not mean we divide out one portion of the Bible as not applying to us. It means studying the Bible in its whole context to discern the truth.
Any other use of the Bible is shameful.
[1] Isaiah 65:4 (KJV)
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
[2] Job 19:25 (KJV)
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
[3] Job 7:20 (KJV)
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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