Tag: Elihu
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 012: Just When You Think You’ll Get Some Answers… (Job 31:40-32:5)
Just when Job finally stops talking—and his three friends fall silent—we expect God to speak. Instead, another voice steps forward. Elihu’s long speech reminds us how often life works this way: just when we think the answers are finally coming, they don’t. Silence stretches on. Hope gets postponed. And we’re left waiting, wondering when resolution…
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Day 012: Introducing Elihu (Job 32:2-3)
A deep dive into the meaning of Elihu’s name
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Day 013: What Elihu Got Right (Job 35:9-11)
A Spurgeon Snapshot Most of the time when I read Job, Elihu comes across as a long-winded, arrogant punk, bragging about his perfect knowledge (36:4) and how he knows so much more than those three old coots Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (32:9-14). But there are some things Elihu gets right; if not about Job specifically, then…