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Verse Job 18:7. _THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH_] Even in his greatest
prosperity he shall be in straits and difficulties.
_HIS OWN COUNSEL_] He shall be the dupe and the victim of his own
airy, ambitious...
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THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH - Strong steps. “Steps of strength” is a
Hebraism, to denote firm or vigorous steps.
SHALL BE STRAITENED - Shall be compressed, embarrassed, hindered.
Instead of walking fre...
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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
b...
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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,...
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STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH. his firm step. Genitive of character. App-17....
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The disastrous end of the wicked, in the moral order of the world, is
certain
The last verse naturally led over to this idea, which is the theme of
the speech. The idea is set out in a great variety...
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TEXT 18:5-21
5 YEA, THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT,
And the spark of the fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tent,
And his lamp above him shall be put out.
7 The step...
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_THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH SHALL BE STRAITENED, AND HIS OWN COUNSEL
SHALL CAST HIM DOWN._
Steps of ... strength - Hebrew for his strong steps. A firm step marks
health. To be straitened in steps is t...
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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...
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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 18
BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH...
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THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH. — _i.e._, his giant strides. He shall be
the victim of his own devices, and when they seem to hold out the hope
of prosperity shall lead him to destruction. (Comp. Ps. 141:1...
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יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אֹונֹ֑ו וְֽ
תַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֹֽו׃...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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_Step. He shall be greatly embarrassed, (Menochius) like a man in a
narrow pass, (Calmet) beset with thorns. (Haydock) (Proverbs iv. 12.)
--- Septuagint, "the weakest have made a prey of his possessio...
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(6) The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be
put out with him. (7) The steps of his strength shall be straitened,
and his own counsel shall cast him down. (8) For he is cast...
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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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THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH SHALL BE STRAITENED,.... As a man in health
can take large and strong steps, and travel in the greatness of his
strength; so in prosperity he can and does take large steps in...
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down.
Ver. 7. _The steps of his strength shall be straitened_] That is,
saith Vatablus, he shall not do what he would...
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_Yea_ Depend upon it, the thing is true and certain, notwithstanding
thy dissatisfaction and opposition to it; _the light of the wicked
shall be put out_ All their glory and felicity shall perish: _an...
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BILDAD RECKONS JOB WITH THE HARDENED SINNERS...
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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'...
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"HIS VIGOROUS STRIDE IS SHORTENED": The confident stride of the
prosperous man comes to an end. "AND HIS OWN SCHEME BRINGS HIM DOWN":
He is defeated by his own wicked plans that come back upon him lik...
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5-10 Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in
which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful
condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if the...
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THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH, i.e. his strong steps, by a vulgar
Hebraism. _By steps_ he means his counsels, as the next branch
explains it, his attempts and actions; and by _steps of strength_,
such of...
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Job 18:7 steps H6806 strength H202 shortened H3334 (H8799) counsel
H6098 down H7993 (H8686)
steps - Job 20:22, Job 36:16; Psalms 18:36; Proverbs 4:12
his own - Job 5:12-13;...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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_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...
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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, J...
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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 coun...
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1 Corinthians 3:19; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 17:14; Hosea 10:6; Job
20:22; Job 36:16; Job 5:12; Job 5:13; Proverbs 1:30; Proverbs 4:12;...
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Steps — His strong steps, by a vulgar Hebraism: his attempts and
actions; such of them as seem to be contrived with greatest strength
of understanding, and carried on with greatest resolution. Straite...