Job 32: Elihu Begins to Speak

When the three friends give up answering Job, a younger man named Elihu steps forward, angry with Job for defending himself over God and with the friends for condemning Job without refuting him. Elihu says he held back out of respect for age, but that understanding is God’s gift, and he vows to show no partiality.

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According to Job 32:2-3, why was Elihu angry with Job and with the three friends?

Job mocked Elihu’s youth; the friends brought Job no gifts or comfortJob insulted Elihu’s family; the friends had sided with Job too quicklyJob cursed God openly; the friends would not pray for his recoveryJob justified himself, not God; the friends condemned Job with no answer