Job 34

Job 34:1

C. Elihu’s Second Speech to Job’s Three Friends (Chap. 34)34:1-15 Elihu next asks the three friends to test his words as they would taste food. He quotes Job’s claim that God was unfair in causing a righteous man like him to suffer, and that there is no use being pious in order to please God. He then insists that God is never guilty of injustice. If He were to withdraw Himself, His creatures would utterly perish. 34:16-30 If it is inappropriate to tell a king or a noble that he is wicked or worthless, how much more unthinkable to condemn the Sovereign of the universe who is completely impartial! No wickedness can be hidden from God; He strikes down the evil and delivers the oppressed. 34:31-37 Apparently addressing Job, Elihu next counsels him to confess and forsake his sin, and to stop demanding God to do what he wants. Job has been talking ignorance, speaking evil, spewing forth rebellion, sin, and a multitude of words against God.