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Verse Job 8:9. _FOR WE_ ARE BUT OF _YESTERDAY, AND KNOW NOTHING_] It
is evident that Bildad refers to those times in which human life was
protracted to a much _longer date_ than that in which Job liv...
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FOR WE ARE BUT OF YESTERDAY - That is, we are of short life. We have
had but few opportunities of observation compared with those who have
gone before us. There can be no doubt that Bildad here refers...
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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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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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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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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 kno...
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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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_FOR INQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, OF THE FORMER AGE, AND PREPARE THYSELF TO
THE SEARCH OF THEIR FATHERS:_
The former age - the age immediately preceding Job.
THEIR FATHERS - the fathers pricking that age,...
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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.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 8
BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH
TH...
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כִּֽי ־תְמֹ֣ול אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְ לֹ֣א
נֵדָ֑ע כִּ֤י צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי
־אָֽרֶץ׃...
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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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(For we [are but of] (f) yesterday, and know nothing, because our days
upon earth [are] a shadow:)
(f) Meaning, that it is not enough to have the experience of
ourselves, but to be confirmed by the e...
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_That. Hebrew, "because our days." (Haydock) --- Baldad strives, in
vain, to prove what nobody contested. But he does not come to the
point, and shew that Job was guilty. Past histories might have
inf...
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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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FOR WE [ARE BUT OF] YESTERDAY \S\,.... Which is not to be understood
strictly of the day last past, but of a short space of time backward;
and especially when compared with the antediluvian fathers, w...
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Job 8:9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our
days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
Ver. 9. _For we are but of yesterday_] Heb. We are yesterday, that is,
yesterday's offspring, up...
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_We are but of yesterday_, &c. But lately born, and therefore have but
little knowledge and experience. We live not so long as they did to
make observations on the methods of Divine Providence. “There...
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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, ho...
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NOTHING:
_ Heb._ not...
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"FOR WE ARE ONLY OF YESTERDAY AND KNOW NOTHING": Each individual's
life is very short and thus his own knowledge limited, therefore we
should consider the entire human experience....
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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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BUT OF YESTERDAY; but lately born, and therefore have but little
knowledge and experience, as it follows. OUR DAYS UPON EARTH ARE A
SHADOW: this is meant either,
1. Of their lives in particular, whic...
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Job 8:9 yesterday H8543 know H3045 (H8799) days H3117 earth H776
shadow H6738
we are but - Job 7:6; Genesis 47:9; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalms 39:5,
Psalms 90:4, Psalms 102:11,
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Job 8:9
One only appears in the centuries of human existence who speaks of
immortality as One who knows He is the most lowly of the sons of men.
Yet He talks of providence, of immortality, as God mig...
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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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_For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow._
THE INTELLECTUAL POVERTY OF LIFE
The two unquestionable truths that Bildad here expresses are the
transitor...
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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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1 Chronicles 29:15; Genesis 47:9; Job 7:6; Psalms 102:11; Psalms
144:4; Psalms 39:5; Psalms 90:4...
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We, &c. — But lately born, and therefore have but little knowledge
and experience. We live not so long as they did, to make observations
on the methods of Divine Providence....