Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
The verse belongs to Elihu's speech, which comes after the argument between Job and his friends closes with chapter 31. It forms part of his discourse in chapters 32-36, extended to chapter 37, within the long colloquy over the cause and object of human suffering. Elihu is a younger man who expected his superior wisdom to correct Job.
His contribution is an instructive argument and reproof that follows about the same line as the other friends. It is described as admirable yet doing little to help Job, and he is given no answer. The inspiration of the book means it is true that Elihu spoke these words, not that what he said is true and rightly applied, since not all speech recorded in the book is true.
In that setting Job held his integrity and did not charge God foolishly, yet like the other speakers he could not understand God's dealings. God saw the end from the beginning and was working out what would glorify himself forever, give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job. The verse itself gives good counsel about letting, calling for a shared choosing of right judgment and a shared knowing among one another of what is good.
The verse belongs to Elihu's speech, which comes after the argument between Job and his friends closes with chapter 31. It forms part of his discourse in chapters 32-36, extended to chapter 37, within the long colloquy over the cause and object of human suffering. Elihu is a younger man who expected his superior wisdom to correct Job.
His contribution is an instructive argument and reproof that follows about the same line as the other friends. It is described as admirable yet doing little to help Job, and he is given no answer. The inspiration of the book means it is true that Elihu spoke these words, not that what he said is true and rightly applied, since not all speech recorded in the book is true.
In that setting Job held his integrity and did not charge God foolishly, yet like the other speakers he could not understand God's dealings. God saw the end from the beginning and was working out what would glorify himself forever, give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones, and prove a blessing to Job. The verse itself gives good counsel about letting, calling for a shared choosing of right judgment and a shared knowing among one another of what is good.