In the Book of Jobs, Eliphaz states that those who obey the laws of God are rewarded greatly, and those who disobey God are punished. This is portrayed to be truth when Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his only son. Abraham so willingly did not question God’s intentions and did as he said. Right after Abraham was stopped by one of the angels God says to Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”(Genesis, 22:12) God expects for his people to act in accordance of his laws simply because they fear all the possibilities that can be used as punishment. Similarly, King Creon expected the same of his subjects. He believed that
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God says that he is more knowledgeable and wiser than man, which gives him all his great glory and power to do as he pleases. Job is trying to justify his own faith to God which God considered hastily that Job did question the actions of God. Through the rhetorical questions aimed towards Jobs, we can see that he argues that Job does not obtain the understanding needed to question the glory of God. Unlike God, King Creon was arrogant in his own knowledge. He believed that he knew what was right for the people of Thebes, and the only way to control them to follow his laws is to instill fear in them. “And I will make my word good in Thebes by killing her. Who cares if she sings ‘Zeus!’ and calls him her protector? I must keep my kin in line. Otherwise, folks outside the family will run wild. The public knows that a man is just only if he is straight with his relatives.” (Antigone, antistrophe b) Creon kept refusing to Tiresias to free Antigone and give Polyneices a burial. The reason he remains his stance is because he had already given his law of the land to the people of Thebes. If he were to do as the gods said then he will be viewed as an unlawful ruler
God says that he is more knowledgeable and wiser than man, which gives him all his great glory and power to do as he pleases. Job is trying to justify his own faith to God which God considered hastily that Job did question the actions of God. Through the rhetorical questions aimed towards Jobs, we can see that he argues that Job does not obtain the understanding needed to question the glory of God. Unlike God, King Creon was arrogant in his own knowledge. He believed that he knew what was right for the people of Thebes, and the only way to control them to follow his laws is to instill fear in them. “And I will make my word good in Thebes by killing her. Who cares if she sings ‘Zeus!’ and calls him her protector? I must keep my kin in line. Otherwise, folks outside the family will run wild. The public knows that a man is just only if he is straight with his relatives.” (Antigone, antistrophe b) Creon kept refusing to Tiresias to free Antigone and give Polyneices a burial. The reason he remains his stance is because he had already given his law of the land to the people of Thebes. If he were to do as the gods said then he will be viewed as an unlawful ruler