Elihu starts this chapter addressing the "wise men" who presumably refers to Job and the friends, maybe sarcastically, or maybe a wider group of listeners. He then says that Job says that "it profits a man nothing when he tries to please God". Elihu stresses that it is impossible for God to do wrong but he repays a man for what he has done. Here Elihu is reinforcing the retribution arguments of the 3 friends. God, says Elihu, is perfectly above all rulers and kings deciding on matters totally without partiality. He says there is no place to hide for the evil doers. God overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. Job, says Elihu, speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight. "Oh that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man"! Elihu is therefore essentially following the same line of argument as the 3 friends that secret sin in Job needs to be confessed as this is the cause of Job's suffering.
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