if thou wert pure and upright, Bildad's inference being that this could not be the case in the circumstances, surely now He would awake for thee, arousing Himself for Job's protection and deliverance. and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous, He would restore to Job the home and the possession which he had had as a righteous man, He would let him once more enjoy the fruits of his righteousness in peace.
Verse 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 mali...
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 f...
CHAPTER 8 BILDAD'S ADDRESS _ 1. How long, Job? (Job 8:1)_ 2. Enquire of the former age (Job 8:8) 3. God's dealing with the wicked and the righteous (Job 8:11)...
OPENING OF BILDAD'S FIRST SPEECH. The two younger friends, says Duhm, make a less favourable impression than Eliphaz. Bildad's great point is the discriminating rectitude of God, who unfailingly rewar...
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-...
_if thou_wert _pure_ Or, _if thou be pure_, cf. subjunctive in ch. Job 11:15. _surely now he would awake_ Rather, SURELY NOW HE WILL AWAKE. The words, _if thou wilt seek, Job 8:5_, suggest the right p...
The discriminating rectitude of God 2. Before coming to his principle and by way of introducing it Bildad expresses his wonder that Job should allow himself to speak such things as his discourse conta...
In opposition to Job's impious principle Bildad brings forward his doctrine of the Divine rectitude on both its sides, the one illustrated in the fate of Job's children (Job 8:4), the other, as he hop...
D. THE GREAT ABSENCE: EMPATHY AND SYMPATHYBILDAD Job 8:1-22 1. God is just and has not been unrighteous. (Job 8:1-7) (A rebuke of Job.) TEXT 8:1-7 8 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID, 2 H...
_IF THOU WERT PURE AND UPRIGHT; SURELY NOW HE WOULD AWAKE FOR THEE, AND MAKE THE HABITATION OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS PROSPEROUS._ Wert - translate, 'If thou shalt be (henceforth) pure,' etc. (cf. the rem...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD Holding 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...
AWAKE FOR THEE] LXX reads 'hearken unto thee.' 8-22. Bildad appeals to the experience of antiquity to show that God uproots the wicked, though they seem firmly established, and does not cast away the...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH TH...
Bildad advised Job to pray. This is always good advice (1 Thessalonians 5:17). And Bildad was right to say that God helps sincere people (Matthew 5:1-10). But this does not mean that every Christian s...
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 mainte...
אִם ־זַ֥ךְ וְ יָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי ־עַ֭תָּה
XIX. VENTURESOME THEOLOGY Job 8:1 BILDAD SPEAKS THE 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. Bi...
GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY Job 8:1 Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of former generations to show that special suffering, like Job's, indicated special sin, however deeply c...
In answer to Job, the next of his friends, Bildad, took up the argument. There is greater directness in his speech than in that of Eliphaz. By comparison it lacks in courtesy, but gains in force. He m...
_Peaceable. Justice and peace shall kiss. (Haydock) --- Prosperity will attend the righteous. (Calmet)_...
(1) В¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? (3) Doth God pervert judgment? or doth th...
Bildad's Lecture I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in Job's reply to Eliphaz - we saw a small glimpse of the Job's physical condition: 1. The worms, the sores that would break open in the sleepless nigh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 i...
If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Ver. 6. _If thou wert pure and upright_] If thou didst lift up pure hands...
_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_ him...
BILDAD'S CRUEL RESPONSE (vv.1-22) Bildad's response to Job was much more brief than that of Eliphaz, but following along the same line. He did not begin in the conciliatory way that Eliphaz did, how...
1-7 Job spake much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak these things? Men's meaning is not taken aright, and then they are...
If thou wert in truth what thou pretendest, and hast been thought by others, to be, PURE AND UPRIGHT, i.e. of a sincere heart and blameless life towards God and men. But God's severe dealing with thee...
Job 8:6 pure H2134 upright H3477 awake H5782 (H8686) prosper H7999 (H8765) rightful H6664 place H5116 thou wert
CONTENTS: Bildad's theory of Job's affliction. CHARACTERS: God, Bildad, Job. CONCLUSION: It is not just or charitable to argue that merely because one is in deep affliction, he is therefore a hypocr...
Job 8:7. _Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should be great._ Many great patriarchs, like Jacob, had once but a small beginning. Job 8:11. _Can the rush grow._ The LXX read, “the pap...
_Surely now He would awake for thee._ PRAYER AWAKING GOD God sleeps, not in regard of the act, but the consequents of sleep. Natural sleep is the binding or locking up of the senses. The eye and ear...
_If thou wouldst seek unto God betimes._ THE SINFUL MAN’S SEARCH I. What is it that God requireth? A diligent and speedy search. It is a work both in desire and labour to be joined with God. How mus...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:1 Bildad is the second friend to “comfort” Job. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:4 After the rhetorical questions in v. Job 8:3, Bildad presents two conditional statements (“if... then”) to Job that are meant to represent the consequences of God’s justice. The fi...
_BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH_ Bildad less courteous and considerate of Job’s feelings than even Eliphaz. Commences with an unfeeling reflection on his speech. Pursues the same line of argument and address...
EXPOSITION JOB 8:1 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID. Bildad the Shuhite has the second place in the passage where Job's friends are first mentioned (Job 2:11), and occupies the same relativ...
So Bildad, the next friend, speaks up and he said, How long will you speak these things? how long will your words of your mouth be like a [big, bag of] wind? Does God pervert judgment? or does the Al...
1 John 3:19; 1 Timothy 2:8; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 51:9;...
Habitation — The concerns of thy house and family; which thou hast got and managed with righteousness....