Is Job here agreeing with Bildad (Job 8:8-10), quoting him or giving. sarcastic comment? "Some feel that Job is presenting. contrast between the shallow wisdom of the aged men, the traditional of the day, and that of God's sovereign wisdom as demonstrated in world affairs. Others suggest that these passages (13-25) are further sarcastic affirmations of the patriarch in which he seems to be saying that the world is filled with outrageous acts of divine intervention; who, therefore, knows what God is doing?" (Jackson p. 42). "Added to my experience, the case of wicked robbers, and the experience of animals is. fourth illustration: many kinds of leaders are destroyed by God" (Zuck p. 56).

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