Job 22:10-11

10 Therefore snares [pach] are round about [cabiyb] thee, and sudden [pith'owm] fear [pachad] troubleth [bahal] thee;

11 Or darkness [choshek], that thou canst not see [ra'ah]; and abundance [shiph`ah] of waters [mayim] cover [kacah] thee. KJV-Interlinear

10 'Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you, 11 Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. NASB

When Job was speaking of the ferocity of his sufferings, he was meaning something quite different than what Eliphaz is now suggesting.

To live in this world apart from God, there is nothing but fear, no security, no future, nothing worthwhile to look forward to in this life. And even if one is wealthy throughout ones life, the end will result is exactly what you have invested your life in, namely nothing.

Eliphaz is now suggesting that Job is in fear because of his sins and because of the terrible suffering he has been made to endure.

And so Eliphaz states what any person who does not really know the truth of life will say, and that is, 'God is going to get you!'

This is a favorite line of most spiritually deficient people.

'God is going to deal with you!'

'You are going to go to hell for that!'

'You are going to burn for that!'

'Better duck or lightning is going to strike you dead!'

Spiritually deficient people like to place themselves in Gods place and make the decisions for him. They want to see you squirm. And the power of their words, or so they think, is all it takes to defeat you.

Snares, dread, darkness and waters, are all terms of overwhelming calamities.

Job has certainly been overwhelmed with calamities, and Eliphaz is interpreting all of them as Gods judgment against Job because of his sinful life. To him, Eliphaz, it just seems obvious.

Furthermore, Eliphaz is not just suggesting that these calamities are by chance or random, but that God has actually set snares, purposeful traps, to catch and punish Job. That God is actually and actively pursuing Job because of his sins.

Eliphaz is telling Job what God is doing to him and why, and Eliphaz is telling Job what his, Jobs, feelings are and why.

Rather than depending on facts, Eliphaz is interpreting things the way he wants to see them, rather than on the way things actually are.

And, Eliphaz suggests one more thought here, a thought, which is correct for spiritually negative people, but does not apply to Job. That thought is, that of the darkness that he mentions.

This is actually the transition of light into darkness. The light being that which the negative person presumes that he is living in, and the darkness is the reality. When the end finally comes on a wicked person, their life style suddenly appears to them as it actually is.

Spiritually negative people believe that they are living in the light of enlightenment, because whatever it is that they are doing, seems to continue on in their life, without interruption.

Everyone in this world has access to truth. Whether it is the knowledge between right and wrong, good verses evil, lawful verses criminal and so forth, everyone knows what they are doing and they know its condition.

For example, a terrorist knows that murder is wrong, but they justify murder by hiding behind a veil of religious righteousness. A homosexual knows the meaning and purpose of the male, female relationship, but they choose to ignore it.

And you can apply this concept of knowledge between right from wrong to every sin and truth combination you can think of.

When people are so negative, then God will allow them to believe whatever it is that they want to believe. They are going to anyway. Their beliefs become their light, their truth, their reality. But their light, their truths, their realities are really lies. And all lies are in fact darkness. A darkness, which prevents one from seeing the error of their ways. And this darkness is pursued by their own choice.

And thus sooner or later, everyone who has ignored truth during their life, will finally witness their very own light, their very own beliefs, turn into the darkness that it is, right before their eyes. And then generally it will be too late.

Now is the time to post a prayer.