Job 34:1-37

34:2 | Although the text has mentioned only four people thus far, the fact that Elihu was silent until chapter 32 is reason to conclude that others were now present, and Elihu was making his appeal to them (you wise men).

34:8-12 | The young sage counted Job among those in the company of wicked men, not because of his actions but because he had accused God of injustice (27:2). Elihu believed correctly – that God is always just in His ways and is incapable of doing wrong – but applied it incorrectly, using it against Job.

34:16-20 | The Hebrew words shift from the plural to the singular here, as Elihu shifts his attention away from the friends and back to Job. This time, Elihu declares that an unjust God is unthinkable, because if He were unjust, He could not be God and everything would fall apart.

34:21-30 | Elihu defended God against Job’s criticism that God was neglectful and absent (His eyes are on the way of man, and He sees all his steps).

34:23-25 | God knows everything about each person. He is not obligated to conduct an inquiry to gather more information. Because God’s knowledge is not skewed like human knowledge, He judges with perfect wisdom (Ps. 139:1-4).

34:35-37 | Elihu concluded that his friend was guilty (Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost) because he expressed anger against God (added rebellion to sin) rather than maintaining a posture of repentance and silence.