Job chapter 37
Elihu continues to speak arrogantly. He is condemning Job.
Elihu continues to speak arrogantly. He is condemning Job.
Elihu is very arrogant. He says he is “perfect” in knowledge. He repeats the same old theologies we know to be false.
Elihu condemns Job. His points are strewn with lies. Like Job’s three “friends, Elihu is a terrible person.
Elihu arrogantly accuses Job of arrogance. Like a politician, Elihu lies in order to win his argument.
Elihu rebukes Job, attacking things Job had said previously. Like the three before him, Elihu wrongly assumes that sin is the cause of suffering.
Elihu the son of Barachel speaks up. He is livid with Job’s three friends. He berates them because they had found no way to condemn Job.
Job reviews his life, probing for sins he may have forgotten. However, he finds none. These are the final words of Job.
Job remembers his former blessings. His mind was illumined by the light of God, he was a respected judge, and he took care of those who were less fortunate.
Job is speaking with sincerity. However, what his “friends” believe about God is, for the most part, mere cultural assumptions. They are not biblically based.
The New Testament describes heaven and eternal life. But what does the Old Testament say about life after death?