They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, Jeremiah 3:25; Psalms 35:26; Psalms 109:29; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught, literally, "and the tent of the wicked, it is no more. " Bildad here acts as though he were ready to give Job the benefit of the doubt and to take his part against the wicked, but the entire purpose of his reproof is evidently that of accusing Job of some heinous act, which he wanted him to confess. He also, like many others since his time, had not grasped the purpose of God's chastisement, but accused Job wrongfully.

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