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Job 8:20-22

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 Author, and acknowledged due to him by God, see on ch. Job 1:1. The phrase, God will not cast off a "perfect" man, becomes almost the text of Job's reply, cf. ch. Job 9:20-21; Job 10:3.

help the evil doers lit. hold by the hand ofevil-doers, cf. Isaiah 41:13; Isaiah 42:6.

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See also Job 8:20-22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 8:20. _BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY A PERFECT_ MAN] This is another of the _maxims_ of the _ancients_, which Bildad produces: "As sure as he will punish and root out the wicked, so surely...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY A PERFECT MAN - On the meaning of the word perfect, see the note at Job 1:1. The sentiment of Bildad, or the inference which he draws from the whole argument is, that Go...

  • 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

    HELP. take by the hand....

  • 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

    _BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY A PERFECT MAN, NEITHER WILL HE HELP THE EVIL DOERS:_ Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man. Bildad regards Job, not as a hardened sinner, but as a righteous man...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֶן ־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס ־תָּ֑ם וְ לֹֽא

  • 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

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

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

    _Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man_ God, who will not help the evil doer, will not cast away a good man, though he may be cast down: yet it may be he will not be lifted up in this world; an...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HELP THE EVIL DOERS: _ Heb._ take the ungodly by the hand...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Once again the claim that God never allows the righteous to suffer and another call for Job to repent. Ironically, Bildad will be one of Job's enemies who was later shamed (Job 8:22; Job 42:7-9)....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Heb. _God will not despise or reject_, i.e. he will not deny them his help, as appears by the opposite and following branch of the verse; he will not suffer them to be utterly lost. _Help_, i.e. deliv...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 8:20 God H410 away H3988 (H8799) blameless H8535 uphold H2388 (H8686) H3027 evildoers H7489 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • 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

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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