People in the Ancient Near East would recognize that most moral questions can be answered differently on different levels. They were untroubled by apparent paradoxes and reversals of good and evil when viewing the exact same issue from different contexts. Sin was seldom black and white in their world, and seldom all that simple in Scripture. Western absolutism and simplistic moral understanding is closer to what the trio thought than it is to what God said in His Word.
This fellow arose from the Tribe of Buz, living on the border of Edom. Elihu observed proper protocol and waited his turn, which was last in line because he was the youngest. The narrative tells us he was angry with the three men for being such idiots, but angry with Job for partly missing the whole point. When Job allowed the trio to provoke him, his answer went off course. Job felt compelled to defend himself when he should have set that question aside and focused on their false ideas about God.
We note this younger man is careful to clear the path for his bellyful of impatience. Then he again reminds all who listen that he is not taking sides with any human, but with God, as he sees it.
