earth and ashes.” Targ. added an unlikely twist, “and I am sorry for my children for they are dust and ashes.” 7. Yahweh addresses Eliphaz, as the eldest of the friends; cf. 15:10. This verse presents difficulties. Some interpreters see it as an indication that the folk tale originally presented a pious and patient Job throughout, as in the Prologue, who continued to praise God and ignored his wife’s advice to blaspheme and die. It has been suggested that the friends gave similar advice, which would