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32:1–37:24 Elihu: Suffering as a Discipline. A new speaker, Elihu, is introduced (32:1–5), followed by an uninterrupted record of his speeches (32:6–37:24). These include an announcement of his intention to speak (32:6–22), an initial challenge to Job (ch. 33), a general dispute against what Job has asserted (ch. 34), a description of Job’s place before God (ch. 35), and a lengthy section that describes and defends God’s majesty (chs. 36–37). Some scholars believe that Elihu’s viewpoint in the dialogue is closest to that of God himself, but there is no hint of this in the chapters recording the Lord’s own words (chs. 38–41).
Job 32:6–22 Elihu’s opening speech repeats what the introductory section has described (vv. 1–5). Elihu directs his remarks primarily at the three friends.
Job 32:8 Elihu plays on the words spirit and breath in his early speeches (see also 33:4; 34:14). He probably intends this as a reminder of Job’s earlier plea (see 27:2–3), as he asserts his own right to speak.
Job 32:18–20 As in v. 8, Elihu claims he is not speaking by choice but by necessity. Elihu may be thinking he is like a prophet, but the reader must judge whether he is right.
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