The Old And Ignorant. The Young And Wise- Job Chapters 11-37

Back and forth Job argued with his three friends. They attempted to dissuade Job from his lamentation and mourning but unsuccessful to do so. They come to him with their advice, “they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.”(Job 2:11) Job blamed God for his suffering. Was he not perfect in the eyes of the Lord? Did he not follow as much of the word said? He came to a conclusion that, “the arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.”(Job 6:4) None of his friends could do anything to defend God from Jobs curses and complaint. Watching all the time was Elihu, attentive and thoughtful he listened to the elders argue until finally his anger took over. He said to the elder men, “I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know. I thought, Age should speak; advanced in years should teach wisdom. But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.”(Job 32:6-9) Against the culture of his people he spoke out and gave the truth of God. The young boy was the only one among them who could win the argument with Job, who could dissuade his anger away from God and open his eyes to the truth. In culture today it is not as similar as then. We value the opinion of a younger as much as that of an elder. But sometimes they might be more unbelievable than what the elders say just because of the fact that they are younger. We should take from this that sometimes we should value the opinion of people, less in years, over the opinion of people, “advanced in years.”