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Chapter 34 shows that Job had no comments so Eli-hu continued. He re-iterates his opinion that Job had no cause to complain, that God was sovereign and had complete power over man. Then he leaves the matter to Job's conscience and concludes with a sharp reproof of Job's discontent. All this Job bore very patiently. At least Eli-hu was not accusing him of hypocrisy; he had only accused him of that which his own heart was accusing him.
Elihu expounds on man's "free will". He grants that man can choose what he wants to listen to and he choose what he wants to eat, but in choosing to do "right" he must define what is right. Job claims to be right, God says he is not. Job says that he is unjustly punished, God says he is not. Now hear this, Gods is never unjust any judgment we get we deserve. If God would withdraw His spirit all life would disappear. To Job he says, "Listen and try to understand." "Could God govern if He hated justice?" "Who are you to comdemn the Lord?" "God carefully watches the goings on of men and without making a federal case of it, He simply shatters the greatest of men and puts others in their place." "He can overturn them in a single night." "Yes, Job, God hears your pleas, yet when He chooses not to speak, who can criticize?" "Must God change the order of the universe to meet your demands?" "You should be given the ultimate judgment for now you have added rebellion, arrogance and blasphemy to your sins."
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