就算以利戶提出的解釋較其他三位令人滿意，他還是錯估了約伯的景況，他責備約伯對別人說了許多愚昧的話語，也錯誤的推測他自己的診斷能使約伯發現他受苦的真象，其結論是：這不可解的苦楚，對受苦人而言，在一生總有其教育價值。從以利戶全部的論點裡，可以發現他對至高無上的上帝有一種強烈的信心，上帝是公義的、聖潔的、大能的、行大事不可測度！只有對上帝更清楚的認識，才能為約伯的疑問提供答案。

        科學常被人謬用了！難怪愛因斯坦在去世前不久曾說，如果他能再活一次，他寧為水管工，不做物理學家。
        儘管科學家千方百計的嘗試，科學還是無法對人類經驗的最深層次有所解釋，科學不能溫暖一顆被孤寂冷凍的心，不能縫補一顆被憂傷壓碎的心，也不能除去罪惡的污點，更不能撫慰罪惡的痛楚。以利戶認為科學可為上帝的偉大與奧秘作見證，然而這些高論對約伯而言，絲毫沒有作用，他的憂苦依舊存在！
        今晚在星空下，用手電筒照著詩篇十九篇，大聲朗讀，讓這首詩再一次提醒你，一位創造宇宙萬物的主宰，祂知道人生最深奧謎題的答案，這位擅於支配暴風雨的上帝，在管轄人生任何疑難的暴風雨上也是遊刃有餘的！

以利戶小檔案
        ● 名字的意義為「祂是我的上帝」。
        ● 原籍布希—來自阿拉伯的一個部落。
        ● 他的智慧超越他的年齡
        ● 他對約伯的悲慘提供的答案極具啟示，其論點也超越別人謬誤的看法，卻遠不及惟有上帝才能揭示的謎底那般完全！

上帝從來不會被嚇倒，這實在叫人放心。

English

        Though he offers a more satis-3B6 factory explanation than any of the other counselors, Elihu nonetheless errs in his assessment of Job's situation. He accuses Job of making foolish statements to the other men; he wrongly assumes that his diagnosis will enable Job to see an immediate purpose behind his sufferings; he concludes that unexplainable suffering always has an educational value in the life of the sufferer. Through all of Elihu's comments can be found a strong confidence in the sovereignty of God. He is just. . . holy . . . powerful . . . and unfathomable in His works. Only a clearer picture of Him will supply Job with the answers to his questions.

        Disillusioned by the uses people have made of science, Albert Einstein said not long before his death that if he could live again, he would choose to be a plumber rather than a physicist.
        Try as it might, science still has nothing to say to the deepest levels of human experience. It can't warm a heart chilled by loneliness ... or mend a heart broken by grief. It cannot remove-the stain of sin ... or ease the pain of guilt. Elihu pointed to science as a testimony to God's greatness and complexity, but only a word from God Himself could comfort Job in his hour of grief.
        Tonight under the stars, take out a flashlight and read the words of Psalm 19. Let them remind you again that there is a God of creation who knows the answers to life's deepest riddles. The God who specializes in controlling the storm is fully adequate to handle any storm of doubt or confusion in your life today.

A View of Elihu
        • His name means "He is my God."
        • By birth he was a Buzite—a tribal group from Arabia.
        • He had wisdom beyond his years.
        • He provided an enlightened answer to Job's misery which, though superior to the incorrect answers of the other three, fell short of the perfect answer only God could provide.

There is comfort in the fact that God can never be taken by surprise.