Elihu asserts that God 'unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and his light reaches to the ends of the earth,' emphasizing the cosmic scope and comprehensive reach of divine power. This verse establishes divine dominion as universal and all-encompassing, reaching to the furthest extents of creation. The image of lightning and light covering the entire cosmic order suggests comprehensive divine governance. Elihu uses universal reach to establish divine comprehensiveness and implicitly to suggest that divine justice is similarly comprehensive. Yet the verse also raises questions: does comprehensive reach necessarily entail just action? Could not an omnipotent being whose power reaches everywhere act unjustly at some locations or toward some people?

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