awake for thee: i.e. hear thy prayer. Compare Septuagint and Psalms 7:6 ; Psalms 35:23 ; Psalms 44:23 . habitation of thy righteousness = thy righteous home. Figure of speech Antimereia (of Noun). App-6 . read more
6. He would awake for thee—that is, arise to thy help. God seemed to be asleep toward the sufferer (Psalms 35:23; Psalms 7:6; Isaiah 51:9). make . . . prosperous—restore to prosperity thy (their) righteous habitation. Bildad assumes it to have been heretofore the habitation of guilt. read more
The justice of God 8:1-7Bildad’s initial words contrast with Eliphaz’s. Whereas Eliphaz was gentle and indirect, Bildad was impatient and insensitive. He accused Job of being a blow-hard (Job 8:2)."Bildad is objective and analytical in his speech about God and man. As a result he is a neat but superficial thinker. He is a moralist, and in his simple theology everything can be explained in terms of two kinds of men-the blameless (tam, Job 8:20 a; used of Job in Job 1:1) and the secretly wicked... read more
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
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
(6) If thou wert pure and upright.—Of course, then, there is but one inference: thou art not pure and upright. These are verily the wounds of a friend which are not faithful. Bildad brings to the maintenance of his point the experience of former generations. He wishes to be very orthodox in his assertions, and to base his statements upon authority, and he appeals to the experience of former ages long gone by, and calls them to attest the truth of what he says. He also, like Eliphaz, uses... read more
Job 8:8-9 If we do not take to our aid the foregone studies of men reputed intelligent and learned, we shall be always beginners. Burke, Appeal from New to Old Whigs. What makes the Radical of the street is mostly mother-wit exercising itself upon the facts of the time. His weakness is that he does not know enough of the facts of other times. Morley, Studies in Literature, p. 125. 'In his adoration of what he recognized as living,' says Mr. Symonds ( Shelley, pp. 40 f.), 'Shelley retained no... read more
XIX.VENTURESOME THEOLOGYJob 8:1-22BILDAD SPEAKSTHE 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. Bildad of Shuach, on the other hand, is a man who holds to the wisdom of the fathers and supports himself at all times with their answers to the questions of life. Vain to him is the reasoning of one who sees all as through coloured glass, everything of this tint or that, according to his state or... read more
CHAPTER 8 Bildad’s Address 1. How long, Job? (Job 8:1-7 ) 2. Enquire of the former age (Job 8:8-10 ) 3. God’s dealing with the wicked and the righteous (Job 8:11-22 ) Job 8:1-7 . Bildad the Shuhite now speaks to Job. He is less dogmatic than Eliphaz, and less courteous, but more outspoken. He must have lost his patience listening to Job’s reply. Especially does he resent what Job had said about God, the insinuations which had fallen from his lips. But we shall see he too follows the... read more
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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