And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take great note of transgression — Elihu accuses Job of taking advantage of what he perceives as divine inattention. The verse is part of Elihu's argument that Job's complaint about God's silence is actually a form of presumption: Job assumes God should respond immediately to moral violations, but Elihu counters that divine patience is not indifference. Ironically, this verse will be partially answered by the divine speeches themselves, which reveal that God has in fact been intensely attentive to Job's situation from the very beginning of the heavenly council scene. The verse thus marks another limitation in Elihu's understanding.

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