Job 32:11

"Behold, I waited for your words,

I listened to your reasonings,

Whilst ye searched out what to say.

Yea, I attended unto you,

And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,

Or that answered his words among you.

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom;

God may vanquish him, not man:

For he hath not directed his words against me;

Neither will I answer him with your speeches."

"God may vanquish him, not man" (Job 32:13). Contrary to what Elihu seems to imply here, "Job's friends did not come to a conclusion that Job had a wisdom that only God could handle."[15]

This verse is disputed, as regards its exact meaning; but Elihu apparently is saying here that, "God (speaking through Elihu) will drive him away, not man";[16] and again we have a suggestion that Elihu thought

"Neither will I answer him with your speeches" (Job 32:14). "The irony of this is that Elihu's position was much the same as that of the three friends."[17]