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Job - Why God? - Part 8
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:25:24
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Synopsis
Study 8 : Study 8: Job 32-37 A young man sounds off. The next 5 chapters of the book of Job are rather strange. The discussion between Job and his 3 friends has come to its end. A young man called Elihu speaks up with a 5 chapter long speech, an uninterrupted harangue in fact. Unlike the 3 friends he is an Israelite and he is young. He is not mentioned anywhere else in the book as the others are. All of which makes many people think his contribution is a late addition to the book. Perhaps. But we have it as a part of scripture so we need to look at it and may expect to get something from it. Four main points arise from what he said, of which only one really contributes much to the argument of the book. 1. He is a brash and arrogant young fellow who says things that do not make him a very likeable character; 2. After announcing that he is going to tell the 3 friends what they should have said, he says a great deal that is not significantly very different; 3. His main new argument is th