"9. A false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me."
That is, Job had always proclaimed the goodness of God, and here comes something altogether evil.
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"10. He hath gathered together his fury against me; and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes."
"14. He has compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, he hath poured out my bowels on the earth.
"15. He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant."
"20. For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high."
It is impossible to understand this as referring to a skin-disease, or even to the contradictions of Job's companions, Zophar, Bildad, etc.
Something rose up against Job that comes upon him with fury, gnashes his teeth on him, glares at him with terrible eyes, surrounds him with lances, wounds him in every part, and rushes upon him like a giant; and the witness of the truth of Job's statement is there in the heavens.
Eliphaz returns to the charge. He rebukes Job and charges him with many sins and oppressions (chap. xxii):