The Meaning Of Life

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Was Job righteous in his own eyes? Was Job prideful. There are many things he said that leads me to that conclusion, but then again remember, I’m not a smart man and much of the Book of Job is confusing to me. I see places where Job thinks highly of himself, but others talk about what a good man he was, faithful to God. There are time I feel he is critical of God, but everyone says Job was faithful and never blamed God once for his troubles. So, the whole thing is confusing to me.

As the text states, Job was done talking, and his three friends were done responding to him. So a fourth person, a younger man, had shown up and patiently waited for his turn to talk, and whether he is right or not, at least he had the courtesy to respect his elders, and waited to talk until he could see they were finished.

There’s not much background information about Elihu, they name his father and cite the clan from which he descended (Ram), and that is about it. But he has some choice words for not only Job, but for Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zopher, if I’ve remembered their names off the top of my head with having to go back and look.

One thing is clear, although Elihu states that it is his belief that Job is prideful, he then proceeds to tell the reader how great he is, kind of like the pot calling the kettle black.

Elihu believes that Job should have upheld God more than he did himself, that he spent too much time blowing his own horn instead of preaching how good God is. Then Elihu begins to talk about the righteousness of God.

I urge you to read the Book of Job yourself. I still have great difficulties in comprehending what those words mean, so I pray you understand it better than I am able to. I didn’t understand Elihu any more than I did Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar.

We are really nearing the end. The next book starts with the Lord responding to everyone.

God bless you all!