What happensPermalink
Elihu continues describing God’s majesty in the storm. God’s thunder, lightning, snow, rain, wind, cold, clouds, and brightness display his power over creation. He sends weather for correction, mercy, or care for the earth, though humans do not know all His purposes. Elihu tells Job to consider God’s wondrous works: Job cannot command lightning, balance the clouds, or spread out the skies. God is great in power, justice, and righteousness.
Why it mattersPermalink
Elihu’s final words prepare for God’s answer from the whirlwind. His weather imagery rightly calls Job to humility before God’s unsearchable rule, and his questions anticipate the Lord’s own. But his warning against human conceit now applies to every speaker. Before God’s majesty, all human explanations must fall silent.
Key versePermalink
Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.