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Elihu accuses Job of self-righteousness so extreme that even God’s character is impugned before it.

He contends that Job’s self-righteous defense of himself is serious enough to justify punitive action against him.

In this case, Job’s offensive self-righteousness, so strident that it undermines the justice of God, was not evident until he began to suffer. Therefore the suffering was necessary in order to reveal the problem.

Some philosophers believe that philosophy is a quest for timeless truths that are universally