Elihu concludes: 'How much less when you say you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him.' This verse suggests that Job's claim not to perceive God and Job's assertion that the case is pending before God both evidence a failure to seek God properly. Elihu interprets Job's complaint as itself evidence that Job has not sought God with the proper seriousness and spiritual posture. The closing phrase 'waiting for him' might suggest either that Job is waiting in trust (a proper attitude) or that Job is waiting while expecting vindication (an improper attitude of entitlement). The verse ends Elihu's fifth discourse with characteristic circularity: whatever Job's stance—whether complaint or patience—Elihu reinterprets it as evidence of spiritual failure or moral inadequacy. The five discourses of Elihu have failed to convince Job, and the theological system Elihu defends has been tested and found inadequate to account for Job's particular suffering and the genuine righteousness Elihu claims to dispute.

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