Job 3 and requested an answer as recently as Job 31:35. Job has been “clamoring” for Yahweh to respond (Job 3; 9:14–20, 32–35; 13:3, 15–24; 23:3–8, 15–17; 31:35–37) (Seow 2013: 38). Yahweh’s reply to Job is a response to Job’s most recent speech (Job 29–31) as well as his protest prayer throughout the book.27 As with the Elihu speeches, the internal rhetoric of Yahweh’s speeches provides the foundation for understanding the external effect regarding ethical God-talk. Yahweh’s two speeches both highlight