In chapters 6 and 7 Job replies to Eliphaz expressing his extreme anguish and misery that he is experiencing, saying that the arrows of God's poison are in him. Job rejects Eliphaz's criticism as saltless food or the flavourless white of an egg! Job then repeats his desire to end his life in the light of his extreme suffering. He expresses his frailty faced with such overwhelming adversity, and says that not even his friends stick with him and are like dried up streams in the drought! Job's friends, like Eliphaz, "have proved to be of no help" because they imagine dreadful things and are afraid. Job tell his friends to "show me where I have been wrong" and their arguments prove nothing and are very hurtful. He accuses Eliphaz of treating "the words of a despairing man as wind". Job says bluntly that he is righteous and wouldn't lie to anyone's face! He says that his integrity is at stake and tells Eliphaz to reconsider his arguments and not be unjust.
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