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Job 18:1
Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, in a reprimand which was more severe even than his first, 8, and said,
Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, in a reprimand which was more severe even than his first, 8, and said,
CHAPTER XVIII _Bildad, in a speech of passionate invective, accuses Job of_ _impatience and impiety_, 1-4; _shows the fearful end of the wicked and their posterity; and_ _apparently applies the wh...
CHAPTER 18 BILDAD'S SECOND ADDRESS _ 1. New reproaches (Job 18:1)_ 2. Once again, the wicked and what they deserve (Job 18:5) Job 18:1. Bildad has the good sense in this second oration to be very br...
JOB 18. SECOND SPEECH OF BILDAD.Bildad speaks this time at unusual length, but his speech has no significance, since it simply describes the fate of the godless. Into the description of this, however,...
ANSWERED. See note on Job 4:1. Bildad. See note on Job 2:11....
Job had used very hard words regarding his friends; he had called them annoying comforters (ch. Job 16:2) and scorners (ch. Job 16:20), and complained of being beset by their illusory mockeries (ch. J...
_BILDAD ACCUSES JOB OF PRESUMPTION AND IMPATIENCE: HE SHEWS THAT THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT; THAT BRIMSTONE SHALL BE SCATTERED UPON HIS HABITATION, AND THAT NONE OF HIS POSTERITY SHALL S...
C. THE GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF MAN OR IMPOSSIBILITY OF SELF-JUSTIFICATION (Job 18:1-21) 1. Sharp rebuke of Job (Job 18:1-4) TEXT 18:1-4 1 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID, 2 How long wi...
_THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
BILDAD'S SECOND SPEECH Bildad replies with a rebuke to Job and a reassertion of the miserable lot of the wicked already asserted by Eliphaz; not so much, however, with covert reference to Job, to who...
It seems that Job did not speak quietly. He felt strong emotions. Bildad thought that Job was angry. But Bildad thought that his own opinion was important. He did not want Job to interrupt. So Bildad...
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 18 BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH...
XVIII. (1) HOW LONG? — Bildad begins very much as Job himself had done (Job 16)....
וַ֭ יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַ שֻּׁחִ֗י וַ יֹּאמַֽר
XV. A SCHEME OF WORLD RULE Job 18:1 BILDAD SPEAKS COMPOSED in the orderly parallelism of the finished _ mashal_, this speech of Bildad stands out in its strength and subtlety and, no less, in its c...
“CAST INTO A NET” Job 18:1 Bildad's second speech reveals how utterly he failed to understand Job's appeal for a divine witness and surety. Such words were _snares_ to him, Job 18:2, r.v. The deep t...
Bildad now returned to the charge, and as was the case with Eliphaz it is perfectly evident from his opening rebuke that he was speaking under a sense of annoyance. He was wounded at the wrongs done t...
(1) В¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. (3) Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in...
CONTENTS In this Chapter Bildad comes forth to a second attack upon the man of Uz, and more violent than before. Chap. 8. His chief scope, through the whole of his discourse is, to fasten upon Job th...
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...
THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID. Who, next to Eliphaz, spoke before, and now in his turn attacks Job a second time, and more roughly and severely than before; now he gives him no advice or...
_Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,_ Ver. 1. _Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said_] Not so much disputing as inveighing against Job in a sharp and angry oration, wherein he elegantly...
_Then answered Bildad the Shuhite_ Bildad, irritated to the last degree that Job should treat their advice with so much contempt, is no longer able to keep his passions within the bounds of decency, H...
BILDAD'S STRONG REPROOF (vv.1-3) Bildad did not learn from Job's words to be a little more considerate than before, but shows only more strong opposition, reproving Job unjustly. He considered Job's...
1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of...
JOB CHAPTER 18 Bildad's reproof: Job's words many: he despised his friends; he vexed himself; but in vain, JOB 18:1. The calamity of the wicked, JOB 18:5. No text from Poole on this verse....
Job 18:1 Bildad H1085 Shuhite H7747 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Bildad - Job 2:11,...
CONTENTS: Bildad's second discourse on Job's case. CHARACTERS: God, Bildad, Job. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is a way of fear and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of consc...
Job 18:6. _The light shall be dark in his tabernacle._ Darkness is a most ancient figure of speech for all kinds of affliction. But to good men, “the Lord will make darkness light before them.” Isaiah...
_Then answered Bildad the Shuhite._ THE DANGER OF DENOUNCING WICKEDNESS How wonderfully well the three comforters painted the portrait of wickedness! Nothing can be added to their delineation of sin....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 18:1 Like Eliphaz, Bildad expressed his frustration (vv. Job 18:2): Who is Job to maintain his position and criticize the words of his friends? The remainder of Bildad’s response is a...
_BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH_ Bildad the bitterest and most hostile of the three friends. No speech as yet so insolent and provoking. Full of fiery scathing denunciation against—the wicked—intending, of c...
EXPOSITION JOB 18:1 Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (Job 8:1.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (Job 16:2,...
Then answered Bildad (Job 18:1), So this is Bildad's second discourse with him. How long will it be before you make an end of words? just make the mark, and afterwards we will speak. Why do you count...
Job 2:11; Job 25:1; Job 42:7; Job 8:1...