Earlier Elihu had quoted Job as having said that. righteous life seemingly does. person no good (Job 34:9) (Job 9:30-31). "How could Job ever hope to be vindicated by God as being innocent while at the same time he insisted that his innocence was of no value before God? Such. position was inconsiste... [ Continue Reading ]
Notice that Elihu seems to distance himself from Job and Job's three friends. He will answer all of them, for none of them has provided the right answer to this question.... [ Continue Reading ]
Notice the "if". Elihu does not accuse Job of having lived an evil life, but his point is that God is neither affected by man's rebellion nor his righteousness. Human conduct only affects other men. He is not arguing that God does not care how people live, rather he is arguing that God's response of... [ Continue Reading ]
Elihu admits that injustices happen in this life, and evil or prideful men oppress innocent people. Job had complained that God seemed indifferent to the cries of the righteous (Job 24:12; Job 36:13). Elihu responds that when some people suffer, they are merely crying out for relief, and not for the... [ Continue Reading ]
Not only will God not answer such "empty cries", that is cries that simply want relief, but obviously God will not answer Job who has even complained that God does not see what is happening (Job 9:11; Job 23:8-9; Job 33:10). Nonetheless, Job's case is before God, but Job must be patient and wait for... [ Continue Reading ]
Job had claimed that God is indifferent to injustice or sin, and in doing so Job had spoken without knowledge. In the chapter 38, God will argue that Job has spoken without knowledge.... [ Continue Reading ]