“Call Now—Will Anyone Answer You?”: Imperatives and Irony in Job 5:1
קְֽרָא־֭נָא הֲיֵ֣שׁ עֹונֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ (Job 5:1) Call now, is there one who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? The Irony of Prayer in a Rhetorical Rebuke Job 5:1 comes from Eliphaz’s ongoing monologue where he chides Job with what sounds like spiritual advice but functions as…