Eli who?  No, Elihu!  Elihu was a young man who reproved the elder Job and his three friends for lack of wisdom.  We read in Job 32, “Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu…against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.  Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, […]

Chapter 37 In the preceding chapters we have seen the importance and significance of the speeches of Elihu. Now in this chapter we have the conclusion of the “Elihu section”. I.  The speech of God in the thunder is pointed to, vss. 1-5. In the preceding chapter Elihu had made a reference to the storm […]

Chapter 32 Elihu Enters This entrance of Elihu forms another main division in this book.  Because of the difference in the language and the thought, some have argued that this “Elihu section” does not belong to the original, but that it was added by some later scribe.  It is also argued that no other reference […]