“Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.”
He also became angry at his three friends because they had not found an answer, yet had declared Job guilty, establishing that Elihu is also angry at the three friends for their inconsistency—they could not refute Job yet declared him guilty. The anger at the friends suggests Elihu's disagreement with their approach and conclusions. The finding of no answer and declaration of guilt suggests the logical inconsistency Elihu perceives in their position. The verse establishes that Elihu views both Job and the friends as inadequate in their theological positions.
Church Fathers on Job 32:3
And Eliu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was wroth and indignant. The names either of himself, or of his parent, of his ii. home, or kindred, furnish a mark of his own conduct. For Eliu being interpreted means, “That my God,” or, “God the Lord.” By whom, as we said to you, is designated the sound faith of proud men placed within the Church. Whence this very name of his is suited to them also. For though they live not according to the commandments of…
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