In these chapters of Job, Elihu, the young man, has reached his limit, and he gave his council to Job and to the three friends. We learn that Elihu is speaking in anger. He is mad at Job for justifying himself instead of God. He's mad at the three friends because they found no way to refute Job, and yet they condemned him, and lastly he was mad when the three men had nothing else to say, which left the conversation at a standstill. Even though young people were disregarded usually, which is why he had not spoken yet, his frustration bubbled up inside him, and he had to speak. Elihu shared the misconception with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, that Job experienced these struggles because of sin in his life, but we know that the Lord regarded Job as, blameless and upright, a man who feared God and shunned evil. He did not seem to realize that sometimes bad things happen to good people. One thing that is extremely clear is that Elihu loved the Lord, and saw Him always as good and always just. He knew that God was great and beyond our understanding. This paved the way for Job to hear from God which starts in chapter 38 of Job!
