That's What Friends Are For

Day 102: Job 32-37

I like Elihu. Now here's a man who tells it like it is, admonishing Job's friends for being so hard on Job and for not once proving him wrong or finding holes in his arguments. He is honest, forthcoming, and wise. He is a young man who uses the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech to Job and his friends. He establishes himself as a righteous man of God, which makes him credible with his listeners, and he tells Job to listen because he will impart wisdom to him.

Elihu basically pleads God case for God. He tells Job that God does not despise him. Ultimately, he ends his speech by saying, "The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?"