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Verse Job 8:7. _THOUGH THY BEGINNING WAS SMALL_] Thy _former state_,
compared to that into which God would have brought thee, would be
small; for to show his respect for thy piety, because thou hadst,...
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THOUGH THY BEGINNING WAS SMALL - On the supposition that the children
of Job had been cut off, his family now was small. Yet Bildad says,
that if he were to begin life again, even with so small a fami...
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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)
Job 8:1. Bildad the Shuhite now speaks...
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OPENING OF BILDAD'S FIRST SPEECH. The two younger friends, says Duhm,
make a less favourable impression than Eliphaz. Bildad's great point
is the discriminating rectitude of God, who unfailingly rewar...
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The discriminating rectitude of God
2. Before coming to his principle and by way of introducing it Bildad
expresses his wonder that Job should allow himself to speak such
things as his discourse cont...
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D. THE GREAT ABSENCE: EMPATHY AND SYMPATHYBILDAD Job 8:1-22
1. God is just and has not been unrighteous. (Job 8:1-7) (A rebuke of
Job.)
TEXT 8:1-7
8 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID,
2 H...
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_THOUGH THY BEGINNING WAS SMALL, YET THY LATTER END SHOULD GREATLY
INCREASE._
Thy beginning - the beginning of thy new happiness after restoration.
LATTER END. So it actually came to pass, but not...
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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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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 8
BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH
TH...
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וְ הָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝
אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃...
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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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Though thy beginning (d) was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
(d) Though the beginning is not as pleasant as you would like, yet in
the end you will have sufficient opportunity to p...
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(1) В¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long wilt
thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be
like a strong wind? (3) Doth God pervert judgment? or doth th...
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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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THOUGH THY BEGINNING WAS SMALL,.... When, he first set out in the
world; and which though it greatly increased, and he was the greatest
man in all the east, yet Bildad suggests, should he behave well,...
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
Ver. 7. _Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should
greatly increase_] Thy recent losses God will recompense...
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_Though thy beginning was small_ The sense is either, 1st, Though thou
hadst possessed but very little at first, yet God would have
wonderfully blessed and increased thy estate: whereas, now he hath
b...
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AN ADMONITION TO JOB TO REPENT OF HIS SIN...
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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, ho...
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1-7 Job spake much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry
disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak these
things? Men's meaning is not taken aright, and then they are...
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The sense is either,
1. Though thou hadst possessed but very little at first, yet God would
have wonderfully blessed and increased thy estate; whereas now God
hath brought thee down from a great esta...
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Job 8:7 beginning H7225 small H4705 end H319 increase H7685 (H8799)
abundantly H3966
thy beginning - Job 42:12-13; Proverbs 4:18; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew
13:12, Matthew 13:31-32
thy latter -...
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Job 8:7
Little beginnings in your hearts will lead to great ends.
I. The first thing I should mention is the little feeling that people
have in their own hearts about their sin. Josiah was a very go...
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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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_If thou wouldst seek unto God betimes._
THE SINFUL MAN’S SEARCH
I. What is it that God requireth? A diligent and speedy search. It is
a work both in desire and labour to be joined with God. How mus...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:1 Bildad is the second friend to “comfort”
Job.
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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 relati...
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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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2 Peter 2:20; Deuteronomy 8:16; Job 42:12; Job 42:13; Matthew 13:12;
Matthew 13:31; Matthew 13:32; Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 4:18; Zech