LIFE-STUDY OF JOB

MESSAGE TWENTY-SIX

ELIHU'S TURN TO SPEAK
CHAPTERS 32—37

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ELIHU'S SECOND AND THIRD CORRECTIONS
AND REFUTATIONS OF JOB

Scripture Reading: Job 34—35

Chapters thirty-four and thirty-five cover Elihu's second and third corrections and refutations of Job.

I. ELIHU'S SECOND CORRECTION
AND REFUTATION OF JOB

Elihu's second correction and refutation of Job is recorded in chapter thirty-four.

A. Asking the Wise and Knowledgeable
to Hear His Words

Elihu asked the wise and the knowledgeable to hear his words (vv. 1-4). According to him, the ear tries words as the palate tastes food. In verse 4 he said, "Let us choose for ourselves what is right;/Let us know among ourselves what is good."

B. Correcting Job for Saying That He Was Righteous
and That God Had Taken Away His Right

Next, Elihu corrected Job for saying, "I am righteous,/And God has taken away my right," and, "It does not profit a man/To delight himself in God" (vv. 5, 9).

C. Condemning Job

Elihu also condemned Job.

1. Saying That He Went in Company
with the Workers of Iniquity

First, Elihu condemned Job by saying that he went in company with the workers of iniquity and walked with wicked men (vv. 7-8).

2. Saying That He Had Spoken without Knowledge

Elihu also said that Job had spoken without knowledge and that his words were without insight (v. 35). Elihu even declared that he wished that "Job were tried to the limit/Because of his answering like evil men" (v. 36). Furthermore, Elihu condemned Job by saying that he added rebellion to his sin and that among them he clapped his hands and multiplied his words against God (v. 37).