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Verse Job 8:10. _SHALL NOT THEY TEACH THEE_] Wilt thou not treat their
maxims with the utmost deference and respect? They _utter words_ _from
their heart _- what they say is the fruit of long and care...
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SHALL NOT THEY TEACH THEE - The results of human conduct, and the
great principles on which God governs the world.
AND UTTER WORDS OUT OF THEIR HEART - Dr. Good renders this,
“And well forth the say...
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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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SHALL. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
AND. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this
"and" in the text.
HEART. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), by adding the words "such as the...
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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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_words out of their heart_ Words not the result of hasty and
superficial generalizing, but of an experience which the lengthened
lives of these men had enabled them to pass through, and the
principles...
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DISCOURSE: 457
BILDAD WARNS JOB OF THE DANGER OF HYPOCRISY
Job 8:8. Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself
to the search of their fathers: (for we are but of yesterday, and know...
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FOR INQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, &C.— Bildad had exhorted Job to apply
himself to God by prayer, upon the assurance, that if he were
innocent, as he pretended, or shewed any marks of a sincere
repentance, th...
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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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_SHALL NOT THEY TEACH THEE, AND TELL THEE, AND UTTER WORDS OUT OF
THEIR HEART?_
Teach thee - Job (Job 6:24) had said, "Teach me." Bildad, therefore,
says, Since you want teaching, Enquire of the Fath...
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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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Ancient advice can be good. But it can sometimes be wrong. Job was not
suffering for any evil deed. And Job’s problem was not that he
failed to pray. (See Job 1:5 and Job 1:20.) Job was suffering beca...
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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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הֲ לֹא ־הֵ֣ם יֹ֭ורוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ
לָ֑ךְ וּ֝
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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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SHALL NOT THEY TEACH THEE, [AND] TELL THEE,.... That is, the men of
the former age, and their fathers before them, Job is directed to
inquire of, and to prepare for a search into their records and
tra...
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Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of
their heart?
Ver. 10. _Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee_] They, that is,
the forefathers, Job 8:8, these, though dead and go...
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_Shall not they teach thee?_ Assuredly they will inform thee that it
is as we say. _And utter words out of their heart_ Not partially, but
sincerely, speaking their inward thoughts; not rashly, but fr...
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shall not they teach thee and tell thee, uttering their thoughts and
experiences plainly, AND UTTER WORDS OUT OF THEIR HEART? Note that the
heart, as the seat of understanding, is here mentioned over...
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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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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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"WILL THEY NOT TEACH YOU": The ancients possess wisdom. He claims
"that the instruction comes from the depth of their understanding
(mind,heart), and not from their lips as mere verbal advice" _(Strau...
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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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Job 8:10 teach H3384 (H8686) tell H559 (H8799) utter H3318 (H8686)
words H4405 heart H3820
Shall not -...
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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 8:8 Bildad bases his advice on the wisdom of his
FATHERS, that is, his ancestors.
⇐...
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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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Deuteronomy 11:19; Deuteronomy 6:7; Hebrews 11:4; Hebrews 12:1; Job 12
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Utter — Not partially, but sincerely, speaking their inward
thoughts; not rashly, but from deep consideration; not by hearsay, but
their own knowledge....