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Job 8:21

till He, or, while He will, fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing. That, Bildad intimates, would have been the lot of Job always if he had not become guilty in some unusually bad way.

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See also Job 8:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 8:21. _TILL HE FILL THY MOUTH WITH LAUGHING_] Perhaps it may be well to translate after Mr. _Good_ "_Even yet_ may he fill thy mouth with laughter!" The two verses may be read as a _prayer_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TILL HE FILL THY MOUTH WITH LAUGHING - Until he make thee completely happy. The word rendered “till” (עד _‛__ad_), is rendered by Dr. Good, “even yet.” Noyes, following Houbigant, DeWette, and Michael...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Bildad has warned Job of the fate of the impious. Now he returns to the other half of his doctrine also, and sums up his whole position in Job 8:20. God can neither reject the blameless, nor uphold th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REJOICINGS. shouting for joy....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _till he fill_ If this rendering be adopted, the word "till" is used somewhat generally to express what God's practical rectitude, as described on both its sides Job 8:20, will issue in. Others prefer...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Finally Bildad repeats his general principle and augurs from the one side of it a happy and brilliant future for Job. _cast away a perfect man_ This word "perfect" is the title given to Job by the Aut...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY— _Lo! as God doth not cast away the perfect man, so neither doth he strengthen the hands of the wicked;_ Job 8:21. _Therefore he will again fill thy mouth with laughter,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. If Job is upright, God will restore him. (Job 8:20-22) TEXT 8:20-22 20 BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY A PERFECT MAN, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. 21 He will yet fill thy mouth with la...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _TILL HE FILL THY MOUTH WITH LAUGHING, AND THY LIPS WITH REJOICING._ Fill thy mouth with laughing - (Psalms 126:2). Until х_ `AD_ (H5703)] - literally, 'to the point that;' God's blessing on thee, wh...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:21 Whilst (i-1) Or 'until.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TILL HE] RV 'He will yet.' Bildad, sharing the view of Eliphaz that while Job must have fallen into some heinous sin he was nevertheless a pious and upright man at heart, bases on this his prophecy th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Bildad was sure that God is fair. So he was sure that God would help Job. Bildad’s advice was simple. Job should do the right things. God would rescue Job. But Bildad’s answer was simply words. It was...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TILL HE FILL THY MOUTH WITH LAUGHING. — Rather, _he will yet fill thy mouth with laughter_ — _afflicted though thou hast been, thou shalt again rejoice._ The attitude of Bildad is one of unsympathetic...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַד ־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂחֹ֣וק פִּ֑יךָ וּ שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Till he fill thy mouth with (m) laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. (m) If you are godly, he will give you opportunity to rejoice and if not your affliction will increase....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER VIII. _ Until. If thou be simple, (Haydock) or irreproachable, (Calmet) God will make thee exult. (Haydock) --- Until, &c. (Menochius) --- He will restore thee to thy former state of affluenc...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TILL HE FILL THY MOUTH WITH LAUGHING, AND THY LIPS WITH REJOICING. Directing himself to Job; and suggesting, that if he was a perfect, sincere, and upright man. God would not cast him away utterly, bu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. Ver. 21. _Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, &c._] Here he applies the promise of the Divine help to Job, and that which is here...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Till he fill thy mouth with laughing_ What I have said in general of good men shall be made good to thee if thou art such: God will not forsake thee, nor desist from doing thee good, till he give the...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    REJOICING: _ Heb._ shouting for joy...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-22 Bildad here assures Job, that as he was so he should fare; therefore they concluded, that as he fared so he was. God will not cast away an upright man; he may be cast down for a time, but he sh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    And what I have said in general of all perfect men, shall be made good to thee, if thou be such a one; God will not forsake time, nor desist from doing thee good, TILL HE FILL, & c., i.e. God will giv...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 8:21 fill H4390 (H8762) mouth H6310 laughing H7814 lips H8193 rejoicing H8643 he fill - Genesis 21

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man._ MORAL CHARACTER DETERMINES A MAN’S DESTINY I. The real condition of the good. By the real condition we mean the relation of the soul, not to the circu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:1 Bildad is the second friend to “comfort” Job. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:20 In his conclusion, Bildad asserts two things: if Job were a BLAMELESS MAN, God would not have rejected him; the TENT OF THE WICKED will not stand for long....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezra 3:11; Genesis 21:6; Isaiah 65:13; Isaiah 65:14; Luke 6:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    'Till, &c. — And what I have said in general of good men, shall be made good to thee, if thou art such: God will not forsake thee, nor desist from doing thee good, 'till he give thee abundant matter o...

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