Job 8:6 NIV

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 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright ,.... By which he tacitly intimates that he was neither; though the character given of him is, that he was perfect and upright, feared God and eschewed evil, and which is confirmed by God himself, and even after he had been tried by sore afflictions. Bildad's meaning is, if he was pure in heart, and upright in his life and conversation, then things would be well with him. Men's hearts are naturally impure; no man is pure of himself, or can make his heart pure;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright - Concerning thy guilt there can be no doubt; for if thou hadst been a holy man, and these calamities had occurred through accident, or merely by the malice of thy enemies, would not God, long ere this, have manifested his power and justice in thy behalf, punished thy enemies, and restored thee to affluence? The habitation of thy righteousness - Strongly ironical. If thy house had been as a temple of God, in which his worship had been performed, and his... 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 8:5-6

The picture of a good man's home. I. A PRAYING HOME . Where by both parents and children private and family devotion is observed. II. A PIOUS HOME . Where such devotion is the outcome and expression of inward spiritual life. III. A PEACEFUL HOME . Where the inmates enjoy the blessed calm of forgiveness, and dwell in love towards one another. IV. A PROTECTED HOME . Where the eye of God continually rests upon the habitation and all who dwell therein. V. A ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright . Job had asserted this, not in so many words, but substantially ( Job 6:29 , Job 6:30 ). We have God's testimony that it was true ( Job 1:8 ; Job 2:3 ); not, of course, in the sense that he was absolutely free from sin, but in that qualified sense in which "just," and "righteous," and "pure," and "holy" can be properly used of men. Bildad implies, without boldly asserting it, that he does not believe Job to deserve the epithets, either absolutely or in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 8:6

If thou wert pure and upright - There is something especially severe and caustic in this whole speech of Bildad. He first assumes that the children of Job were cut off for impiety, and then takes it for granted that Job himself was not a pure and upright man. This inference he seems to have derived partly from the fact that he had been visited with so heavy calamities, and partly from the sentiments which Job had himself expressed. Nothing could be more unjust and severe, however, than to take... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 8:6

Job 8:6. If thou wert pure and upright That is, of a sincere heart and blameless life toward God and men; surely now he would awake for thee יעיר , jagnir, excitarit se, he would raise, or stir up himself. Thus David prays, using the same word, Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment. And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous He would certainly have a regard to thee, and restore the concerns of thy house and family to their former splendour. He says the... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 8:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 8:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 8:6

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