Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

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A fourth accuser has been sitting and waiting for the opportunity to speak his mind. In chapter thirty-two he begins his discourse. Elihu is younger than all the others. He believes he has more wisdom than the others and is determined to share his thoughts. He agrees with Job that his guilt has not been proven and disagrees with the others that Yahweh should judge, not them. He believes he knows the truth and will share it.

He seems to be awfully full of himself in chapter thirty-three. He believes, as the others have stated, that his position is the proof that Job has sinned. Just as God speaks through dreams and other means, so he voices His viewpoint through His actions. The Lord will restore those who admit their sin and ask for forgiveness. He offers to teach Job wisdom.

In Job 34 Elihu includes all of them in his offer of instruction. Youth do not know foolish they look when they try to prove their intelligence and prove they are wiser than their elders. His arguments are well formed, but they are not better than those used previously by the others. “Job speaks without knowledge.”