Job 21:22

"Can anyone teach God knowledge?" In the verses that follow Job notes that there are wicked people who die in the prime of life (Job 21:23), others die completely happy and content, while another dies disappointed and frustrated. Job's point is that there "is no generalization that can be made regarding the temporal punishment of the wicked. Job's argument is simply this: one's earthly circumstances cannot be used as. barometer for determining his spiritual condition" (Jackson p. 55). His friends were guilty by their assumptions and generalizations of telling or teaching God what He should do. "Job was not arguing that the wicked always prosper and the good are always unfortunate, but that one's character cannot be determined by his lot in life. Job's opponents should not seek to tell God to judge. person's life by his bank account or his medical chart. All men die, and only God can be the accurate Judge of their lives, regardless of the presence or absence of wealth or health" (Zuck p. 100).