Elihu begins to break down Job’s defenses.
First he dismantles his prideful assumptions.
Then he introduces the notion that Job’s trials are tests of his character/
Next he suggests that the reason why Job has not seen God in all of this is because he was looking in the wrong place, that sometimes in the suffering and afflictions that God sometimes reveals Himself.
Finally Elihu encourages Job to consider that God is all around him in all the displays of his wonders and power seen throughout creation.
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