Elihu enters the scene after the three friends finish accusing Job. While they were focused on finding Job's sin, Elihu prioritizes justifying God(31:1-3). Interestingly, when God steps in to lecture Job and express his displeasure toward the three friends Elihu is not among the rebuked(42:7-9).
Some say that because God didn't rebuke him, coupled with some of the poignant statements about God, some of which God repeats(e.g. 35:16 & 38:2), it means that Elihu was right.
Others say he's equally wrong as the three friends. God's omission of Elihu in his rebuke is not evidence of his approval but rather his indifference, coupled with what God himself says about Job being right(42:7), Elihu was wrong.
I'm on the fence. The beginning of the book states Job's innocence and the end affirms his theology, yet God does rebuke Job & Job does repent, and Elihu was clearly right about at least some things that the others were wrong about. The question for me is what exactly was Job right about and what does God's omission of Elihu really mean? It could go either way.
What do you think?
Some say that because God didn't rebuke him, coupled with some of the poignant statements about God, some of which God repeats(e.g. 35:16 & 38:2), it means that Elihu was right.
Others say he's equally wrong as the three friends. God's omission of Elihu in his rebuke is not evidence of his approval but rather his indifference, coupled with what God himself says about Job being right(42:7), Elihu was wrong.
I'm on the fence. The beginning of the book states Job's innocence and the end affirms his theology, yet God does rebuke Job & Job does repent, and Elihu was clearly right about at least some things that the others were wrong about. The question for me is what exactly was Job right about and what does God's omission of Elihu really mean? It could go either way.
What do you think?
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