Job ends his “debate” with his friends by calling upon God to judge him. That is a very bold statement. I counted 20 times that Job offered charges of wrongdoing against himself in Chapter 31. “If I”, or “If my” he said and offered minor and major offenses. He said that if any of these charges are true then God should indeed rebuke him; correcting his actions of wrongdoing. Then young Elihu speaks up. He grew frustrate with the other men’s inability to show Job his wrong (because there was no wrong in his actions) so he added his opinion of the situation. And in verse 33:12 he pointed out that Job was wrong, then continues his discourse to prove his point to Job.
It took me about 15 minutes of reading time to cover this passage. That was in between a number of interruptions.
Stuart
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