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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 8:1-22

Bildad speaks (8:1-22)After rebuking Job for his wild words against God, Bildad tells him that God is always just. Completely lacking in sympathy, Bildad reminds Job that his children have died, and cruelly concludes that it must have been because of their sin (8:1-4). Job’s suffering must likewise be because of his sin. If, however, he is innocent, he need only pray humbly to God, and God will replace his suffering with greater blessing than he had before (5-7).For Bildad the traditional... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 8:11

Can . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . This is the first simile. See the second, verses: Job 8:16-19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 8:11

BILDAD SPEAKS OF JOB AS ONE WHO FORGETS GOD"Can the rush grow up without mire?Can the flag grow without water?Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down,It withereth before any other herb.So are the paths of all that forget God;And the hope of the godless man shall perish.Whose confidence shall break in sunder,And whose trust is a spider's web.He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.""They perish before any other herb"... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 8:8-13

Job 8:8-13. 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, there was no doubt but he would be restored, through the divine mercy, to his former state of prosperity; but, if he should forget God in his calamity, or play the hypocrite with him, there were then no hopes for him; and for this he quotes a saying of their ancestors in these... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 8:11

Job 8:11. Can the rush grow up without mire? &c.— A bulrush without water is proverbial. It is adapted to the hypocrite, who, while he suddenly grows up, withers as suddenly, and while he flourishes most verdantly, is immediately dried up. Can the flag, or, can the sedge. Houbigant renders the 12th verse, whilst it yet flourishes, it is not cut down; yet it withereth before any other herb. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 8:11

11. rush—rather, "paper-reed": The papyrus of Egypt, which was used to make garments, shoes, baskets, boats, and paper (a word derived from it). It and the flag, or bulrush, grow only in marshy places (such as are along the Nile). So the godless thrives only in external prosperity; there is in the hypocrite no inward stability; his prosperity is like the rapid growth of water plants. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 8:1-22

3. Bildad’s first speech ch. 8Bildad agreed with Eliphaz that God was paying Job back for some sin he had committed, and he believed God would show Job mercy if he confessed that sin. However, Bildad built his conclusions on a slightly different foundation. Eliphaz argued from his own personal experience and observations (Job 4:8; Job 4:12-21). Bildad cited a more reliable authority: the experience of past generations that had come down through years of tradition (Job 8:8-10). He was a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 8:11-19

Illustrations of Job’s godlessness 8:11-19The illustration of the water plant (Job 8:11-13) emphasized the fact that in Bildad’s view, Job had abandoned God, the source of his blessing (cf. Job 1:1; Job 1:8). Bildad advised his friend not to forget God. The spider’s web analogy (Job 8:14-15) implied that Job was depending on his possessions rather than God for his security. The allusion to the garden plant (Job 8:16-19) compared Job to an uprooted bush that others would replace. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:1-22

The First Speech of BildadHolding 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 more narrowness of mind than Eliphaz.1-7. Bildad maintains the justice of God’s actions. Since Job’s children have perished it must have been for their sins. As for Job, if he would but repent he would be restored to prosperity.2. Like a strong wind] violent, headstrong.3. Can there be injustice with... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 8:11

(11) The flag is the plant of Genesis 41:2, which the cattle feed upon. This figure is enforced by a second, that, namely, of the spider’s web, the most fragile and transient of tenements. read more