Job 11-14

Job lived in a time when people had forgotten who God is. Somehow Job and his friends had received bits and pieces of God's nature revealed. In spite of his limited knowledge of God Job had a great faith. His years of worship through humility and sacrifice had given him the confidence to speak to God, and of God, as his friend. So when he says his dispute is with God Job may have inflamed his friends' indignation God would not have been put off by such a comment. The Almighty was already preparing a new revelation for Job; as the God who hears and speaks with man.
Stuart