Job 35:4 Meaning and Explanation

Elihu promises a reply that reaches beyond Job alone to 'thy companions' — likely the three friends who have argued so long, and perhaps all who share Job's confusion. He sets himself to answer not merely a man but a whole circle of mistaken thinking about God and human worth.

There is confidence here, but also a kind of generosity: Elihu wants to clear away error for everyone present, not to win a private point. The instinct to address the wider need, to speak truth that heals more than one wound, reflects something of the heart of God, who 'will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth' (1 Timothy 2:4).