Job 8:3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 8:1-7

Here, I. Bildad reproves Job for what he had said (Job 8:2), checks his passion, but perhaps (as is too common) with greater passion. We thought Job spoke a great deal of good sense and much to the purpose, and that he had reason and right on his side; but Bildad, like an eager angry disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak these things? taking it for granted that Eliphaz had said enough to silence him, and that therefore all he said was impertinent. Thus (as Caryl... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 8:3

Doth God pervert judgment ?.... In his dealings with men in the way of his providence; no, he does not; here Bildad opposes himself to Job, who he thought had charged God with injustice in dealing with him, and his children, in the manner he had done: the same thing is intended in the following question: or doth the Almighty pervert justice ? for judgment and justice are the same, and often go together in Scripture, as being done either by God or men, when righteousness is executed by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:3

Doth God pervert judgment! - God afflicts thee; can he afflict thee for naught? As he is just, his judgment is just; and he could not inflict punishment unless there be a cause. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-7

Bildad to Job: 1. A bundle of mistakes. I. UNJUSTIFIABLE REBUKE . "Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said." Even if on Job's part wholly deserved the admonition of Bildad was in itself worthy of censure, as being: 1 . Impatient. "How long wilt thou speak these things?" It is due to every man who speaks in his defence, as Job did, to hear him patiently ( Acts 26:3 ); much more if he speaks in affliction. Nay, patience towards all men is an eminent token of sincere religion ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-7

The Divine justice. The words of Bildad, as of Job's other friends, are often marked by great beauty, and often embody principles of the highest practical value;, but they frequently err in their application. The judgment of the friends upon Job is based upon an error which the entire course of the book is designed to expose. Here a true principle is enunciated respecting the Divine justice; which is shown to manifest itself— I. IS A STRICT INTEGRITY . (Verse 3.) "Doth God pervert... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-22

Shall not the Judge of all … do right? The supposed attack of Job , by implication, upon the justice of God gives an opening for renewed admonitions and rebukes on the part of his friends. Bildad now comes forward and delivers a discourse full of noble faith, however its principles may be in this case misapplied. Rebuking the grievous complaints of Job as a wind, full of noise and emptiness (verse 2), he proceeds— I. TO INSIST ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD . This is an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:3

Doth God pervert judgment? This was, no doubt, what Job's words of expostulation might seem to imply. But he had never gone so far as to make the direct charge, and a true friend would have shrunk from taxing him with an impiety, witch could only be deduced from his speech by way of inference. It is our duty to put the best construction that we can on our friends' words, no less than upon their actions . Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? "Justice" is not altogether the same thing with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:3

The justice of God. Bildad asks if it can be right for Job to complain as he does. Such conduct is an arraignment of the Divine justice. Human judges have been known to twist justice to suit their own purposes; this conduct was and is only too common in the East. But is it to be thought that God would act in this way? Surely the Judge of all the earth must do right ( Genesis 18:25 ). I. GOD 'S JUSTICE IS GOOD AND DESIRABLE . It is the mistake of narrow, one-sided views to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 8:3

Doth God pervert judgment? - That is, Does God afflict people unjustly? Does he show favor to the evil, and punish the good? Bildad here undoubtedly refers to Job, and supposes that he had brought this charge against God. But he had not done it in so many words. He had complained of the severity of his sufferings, and had indulged in irreverent language toward God. But he had not advanced the charge openly that God had perverted right. Bildad strenuously maintains that God would do right. His... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 8:3

Job 8:3 . Doth God Hebrew, אל , Eel, the mighty God, as this word signifies; pervert judgment? Judge unrighteously? No: this is inconsistent with God’s nature, Which is essentially and necessarily just, and with his office of governor of the world. Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Hebrew, שׁדי , Shaddai, a word that sets forth God’s omnipotence and all-sufficiency. These names are emphatically used to prove that God cannot deal unjustly or falsely with men: because he hath... read more

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