IYOV 9

In perek 35-37. Elihu is finishing of his speech and tying up loose ends

Previously IYOV asked why doesn’t g-d punish sinners and he was answered that would remove free will, but IYOV answered back that some sinners hurt people and they could easily be killed in ways that others would not notice and free will wouldn’t be harmed. To all of this Elihu says that there is a massive misunderstanding until now we have though hashem is like a big king who pays us when we do what we are told and tells us off we don’t. That’s not the case the good deed itself helps us we become spiritually healthier people hashem is like a doctor who told us a diet and exercise machine and if we do it we get healthy if we don’t and we eat whatever (or whoever) we want we get unhealthy.

Finally Elihu does tell IYOV it started as a test but he shouldn’t have complained so. And Elihu tells IYOV off for the way he acted.

But now g-d comes to speak to IYOV himself

Firstly hashem shows IYOV that he does take into account every person’s actions and look at everyone as an individual, by the mere fact g-d has been listening to everything he has been saying and has now come to speak to IYOV personally.

Hashem also shows IYOV that the soul is eternal (don’t fully understand this), when they spoke somehow IYOV understood he had a deeper soul that is intrinsically connected to g-d and true reward (spiritual reward) is when one day he will rejoin.

G-d explains to IYOV that everything has hashgocha by looking at the wonders of the animal kingdom.

Now hashem answers the final question why evil people are allowed to be so powerful. G-d tells IYOV to look at some of the giants of the animal kingdom would it have been better for g-d to only make tiny insects and have no animal greater than any other, no and from the fact that these giants exists and the smaller animals manage to survive brings out g-d’s greatness even more. So to with people hashem has given some people great power and often they can use it for evil but hashem also looks after the people they oppress and he makes sure to look over them