Today, I am reading and commenting on  Job 34-37.

This passage really troubles me because so much of what Elihu says in it is very good, but the part he gets wrong, he gets VERY wrong.  So, what did Elihu get right?  Well, he was right to point out that Job was in the wrong to declare his innocence of all wrongdoing, for all have sinned.  Second, Elihu was correct in saying that our sin does not cause any harm to God, nor does our good behavior benefit Him.  Elihu tells us that there is no place where we can perform our actions in hiding from God.  He tells us that for all God’s power He despises no one, all are welcome before Him, if they turn from their sin and accept His grace.  Elihu reminds us that God does not do evil or any kind of wrongdoing.  However, Elihu accuses Job of keeping company with the wicked and with evil-doers, despite having no direct evidence that this is true.  Elihu was correct to chide Job for claiming to be innocent of all sin, since he witnessed Job make exactly that claim, but he was wrong to condemn him for associating with the wicked because he had not seen this to be true.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.