Elihu was also angry with Job’s three friends who had no answer to show that Job was wrong, yet continued to blame him.
People without God can produce nothing. Fire will destroy the tents of those who take money to do evil,
If this is not true, who can prove I am wrong? Who can show that my words are worth nothing?”
These three men stopped trying to answer Job, because he was so sure he was right.
But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job, because Job claimed he was right instead of God.
Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the three friends were older than he was.
After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job did.
If you are good and honest, he will stand up for you and bring you back where you belong.
They cannot prove the things they are saying against me now.
We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up his people everywhere in the world. He is a leader of the Nazarene group.