JOB NOW HEARS from God. After Elihu ended his speech (and there is a question whether he ended it or whether God simply interrupted it—we favor the view that God interrupted Elihu), God began to speak to Job. The general character of God’s speech is one of remonstration which may surprise many readers. To study this speech to Job by God we will consider the intent of the speech (Job 38–41), the introduction to the speech (Job 38:1–3), the interrogation in the