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Verse Job 8:15. _HE SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE_] This is all allusion
to the spider. When he suspects his web, here called his _house_, to
be frail or unsure, he leans upon it in different parts, prop...
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HE SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE - This is an allusion to the web or house
of the spider. The hope of the hypocrite is called the house which he
has built for himself; his home, his refuge, his support. B...
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CHAPTER 8 BILDAD'S ADDRESS
_ 1. How long, Job? (Job 8:1)_
2. Enquire of the former age (Job 8:8)
3. God's dealing with the wicked and the righteous (Job 8:11)...
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THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. Bildad recalls Job to tradition as
enshrined in the proverbs of the fathers (Job 8:8). Authority belongs
to the voice of the past (Job 8:9). The respect which our age has f...
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_hold it fast_ i. e. _hold fast by it_. The meaning of course is not
that he tries to uphold his house, but that he tries to support
himself by holding on to it. This is true both of the spider and th...
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The moral wisdom of the ancients
Bildad, having laid down his moral principle, invites Job to reflect
that it is a principle resting on the research and the generalized
experience of men of generatio...
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HE SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE— _He may prop up his house, but it
shall not stand: he may make himself strong in it, but it shall not
endure._ Heath, after the LXX....
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2. The wisdom of the ages teaches that it is the godless who perish.
(Job 8:8-19)
TEXT 8:8-19
8 FOR INQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, OF THE FORMER AGE,
And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searc...
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_HE SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE, BUT IT SHALL NOT STAND: HE SHALL HOLD
IT FAST, BUT IT SHALL NOT ENDURE._
He shall hold it fast - implying his eager grasp, when the storm of
trial comes. As the spider...
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HOLD IT FAST] RV 'hold fast thereby.'
16-18. The sinner is compared to a fastgrowing weed which flourishes
under the heat of the sun, and whose roots plant themselves firmly in
the earth (SEETH THE P...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD
Holding the same doctrine about sin and suffering as Eliphaz, Bildad
supports the views of his friend by an appeal to the teaching of
antiquity. He shows less sympathy and...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 8
BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH
TH...
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Bildad explained his ideas with three stories.
• The first story is about plants that grow near the river (verses
11-13). Without water, such plants die quickly. Such plants are like
people who do no...
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IT SHALL NOT ENDURE. — The description of the wicked man ends here....
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יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל ־בֵּ֭יתֹו וְ לֹ֣א
יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַח
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XIX.
VENTURESOME THEOLOGY
Job 8:1
BILDAD SPEAKS
THE first attempt to meet Job has been made by one who relies on his
own experience and takes pleasure in recounting the things which he
has seen. Bi...
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GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY
Job 8:1
Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of
former generations to show that special suffering, like Job's,
indicated special sin, however deeply c...
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In answer to Job, the next of his friends, Bildad, took up the
argument. There is greater directness in his speech than in that of
Eliphaz. By comparison it lacks in courtesy, but gains in force. He
m...
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(10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of
their heart? (11) Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow
without water? (12) Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and...
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Bildad's Lecture
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week in Job's reply to Eliphaz - we saw a small glimpse of the
Job's physical condition:
1. The worms, the sores that would break open in the sleepless nigh...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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HE SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE,.... Either the spider or the hypocrite,
or the hypocrite as the spider; that is, that which is the ground of
his confidence, which is as the spider's house, on that he sh...
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it
fast, but it shall not endure.
Ver. 15. _He shall lean upon his house_] The spider shall, so
Vatablus taketh it; but better, the...
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_He shall lean upon his house_ He shall trust to the multitude and
strength of his children and servants, and to his wealth, all which
come under the name of a man's _house_ in Scripture. _But it shal...
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An Accusation of Wickedness against Job.
Bildad was convinced that Job was, in some way, guilty of some special
great transgression against the Lord, that his present affliction was
the punishment fo...
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He shall lean upon his house, thinking that his possessions, the
object of his trust, are secure, BUT IT SHALL NOT STAND; HE SHALL HOLD
IT FAST, as he feels it collapsing beneath his weight, BUT IT SH...
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BILDAD'S CRUEL RESPONSE
(vv.1-22)
Bildad's response to Job was much more brief than that of Eliphaz, but
following along the same line. He did not begin in the conciliatory
way that Eliphaz did, how...
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The term "house" here includes, his family, establishment, and
resources. "Bildad insinuated that Job was depending on his
possessions for his security" _(Zuck p. 45)._ Bildad then compares the
godles...
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8-19 Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the
fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the
destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to
f...
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HE, either the spider, or rather, the wicked man signified by it,
SHALL LEAN UPON HIS HOUSE, i.e. he shall trust to the multitude and
strength of his children and servants. and to his wealth, all whic...
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Job 8:15 leans H8172 (H8735) house H1004 stand H5975 (H8799) holds
H2388 (H8686) endure H6965 ...
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CONTENTS: Bildad's theory of Job's affliction.
CHARACTERS: God, Bildad, Job.
CONCLUSION: It is not just or charitable to argue that merely because
one is in deep affliction, he is therefore a hypocr...
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Job 8:7. _Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should be
great._ Many great patriarchs, like Jacob, had once but a small
beginning.
Job 8:11. _Can the rush grow._ The LXX read, “the pap...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:1 Bildad is the second friend to “comfort”
Job.
⇐ ⇔...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:11 PAPYRUS and REEDS grow quickly in the wetlands,
but they are also very vulnerable. They need a constant supply of
water. Other plants are deeply rooted in rocky soil, but they can...
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_BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH_
Bildad less courteous and considerate of Job’s feelings than even
Eliphaz. Commences with an unfeeling reflection on his speech. Pursues
the same line of argument and address...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 8:1
THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID. Bildad the Shuhite has the
second place in the passage where Job's friends are first mentioned
(Job 2:11), and occupies the same relativ...
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So Bildad, the next friend, speaks up and he said,
How long will you speak these things? how long will your words of your
mouth be like a [big, bag of] wind? Does God pervert judgment? or does
the Al...
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Job 18:14; Job 27:18; Luke 6:47; Matthew 7:24; Proverbs 10:28;...
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House — He shall trust to the multitude of his children and
servants, and to his wealth, all which come under the name of a man's
house in scripture. Hold it — To uphold himself by it. But his web,
th...