Job 3-6

Job 3
With Job's friends gathered around, Job curses the day of his birth. He curses everything about the day and night of his birth, the miracle of him even surviving birth, and his mother's body for giving him life.

He asks, "Why is light given to him who suffers, and life to the bitter of soul?" (v20); and if you haven't gotten by now, the chapter is finished by Job stating that he is not at ease (well, duh, we can see that by your lament).

Job 4
So Eliphaz takes a shot at answering Job. Apparently Job has been impatient according to Eliphaz's opening line, but Eliphaz does go about talking to Job in a gentle way at first. He builds him up, recounting Job his accomplishments. Eliphaz says, "it [God's Hand] touches you, and you become impatient" (v5).

Well, Eliphaz, I would have to say it more than touched him. At the very least you would have to concede that it in fact touched his whole family; but you do make a good point that those who sow trouble, harvest it, and you rightly ask, "Can mankind be just before God?" (v8 & v17).

Basically, Eliphaz is saying, 'Job, there may be some sin in your life that is causing this.'

Job 5
Eliphaz encourages Job to 'seek God.' He says to be of this mind: "Happy is the man whom God reproves, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty" (v17). He finishes his speech by encouraging Job to trust in God and God will stand for him. Again, Eliphaz thinks Job has sinned against the Lord.

Job 6
Job is still stuck on desiring death from God. He believes God is tormenting him, saying, "The Almighty's [poisonous] arrows are within me," but he desires death not the torment of the arrows. He then calls out Eliphaz for blaming him for sinning, asking Eliphaz to show him where he is wrong.

It's hard to tell so far if Job is really in tuned with his sin, in the fact that he has not sin, or if he is prideful in not wanting to admit that he may have sin in his life. Either way, it is apparent that he is taking a stand on the fact that this plague on him is not for sin in his life, but it is God who is afflicting him. Bold, Job; very bold.