This document is about Elihu (Son of Barachel). For other homonyms, please refer to the Elihu document.
One of the characters appearing in the Book of Job. The first half of Job proceeds with Job's three friends attacking Job, claiming that the disasters that befell him were due to his sin, and Job protesting that this was not the case. Then, in the latter half, a character appears who develops the story by criticizing both the three friends and Job.
However, the overall theme of the Book of Job is that God's providence cannot be judged by the problem of good and evil, and that not everything that happens in the world is a result of karma. Therefore, it can be said that Elihu's statements were not entirely in line with God's will.