Job 8:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:3

3. God… the Almighty אל , el, and שׁדי , shaddai. Though differing in form, the root idea of both is that of power. These, perhaps, were world-wide titles of God, while the name Jehovah was confined to the chosen people. Balaam (as well as the Gentile Job and his friends) uses the terms el and shaddai, (Numbers 24:4; Numbers 24:16,) and in a juxtaposition similar to that of our text. The latter name rarely appears in the later books of the Bible. it occurs nine times in the... read more