341 Then Elihu said: 2 "Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge. 3 Job said, 'The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.' 4 So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. 5 For Job also said, 'I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights. 6 I am innocent, but they call me a liar. My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.' 7 "Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk? 8 He chooses evil people as companions. He spends his time with wicked men. 9 He has even said, 'Why waste time trying to please God?'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 34:1-9
Commentary on Job 34:1-9
(Read Job 34:1-9)
Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the Scriptures, can say how far matters, words, or actions, agree with true religion, better than any that lean to their own understandings. Job had spoken as if he meant wholly to justify himself. He that say, I have cleansed my hands in vain, does not only offend against God's children, Psalm 73:13-15, but gratifies his enemies, and says as they say.