Job 36:1-24

5. Elihu’s fourth speech chs. 36-37

Of all Elihu’s discourses, this one is the most impressive because of his lofty descriptions of God.

"This concluding statement contains Elihu’s best and most distinctive ideas. Up until now he has been treading on familiar and conventional ground, repeating largely the ideas which Job and his friends have already expressed. The harsh tone that Elihu had adopted in his second and third speeches is here softened. Job 36:1-21 is a more mature and engaging statement of orthodox theology than anything found elsewhere in the book." [Note: Ibid., p. 258.]