God eventually gave that fool what he deserved: he was destroyed along with his family and possessions. Eliphaz wants Job to learn and take warning from this story. It is time that Job admits that he is a fool; after all, no one has a righteous case before God. Otherwise, God might take Job’s own life as well, just as he took the life of that fool.
4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.