Elihu addresses Job directly and courteously, claiming to speak on God’s behalf without terrifying him. He argues that God does speak to people, through dreams and visions and through the discipline of suffering, to turn them from pride and pluck them back from the pit, and that God graciously provides a “ransom” and a mediating messenger to restore the repentant. His words edge closer to the truth than the friends had come.
Job study chapter
Job 33
patriarchal eraElihu argues that God speaks and disciplines to turn people back and ransom their souls.
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