“Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,”
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:" This marks the beginning of Eliphaz's second speech, which will be harsher than his first. The formal opening resets the dialogue as the friends continue their arguments. Eliphaz has apparently decided that subtlety and sympathy are ineffective; he will now become more directly accusatory. The verse signals a hardening of the friends' stance against Job.
Church Fathers on Job 15:1
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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