Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Job 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger— Thou sayest, he collects all his fury against me. But shall the earth be forsaken, &c.? Houbigant. See the introductory note on the first verse, and ch. Job 16:9.
He teareth himself in his anger— Thou sayest, he collects all his fury against me. But shall the earth be forsaken, &c.? Houbigant. See the introductory note on the first verse, and ch. Job 16:9.
Verse Job 18:4. _HE TEARETH HIMSELF IN HIS ANGER_] Literally, _Rending his_ _own soul in his anger_; as if he had said, Thou art a madman: thy fury has such a sway over thee that thou eatest thy own f...
HE TEARETH HIMSELF - More correctly, “thou that tearest thyself in anger!” It is not an affirmation about Job, but it is a direct address to him. The meaning is, that he was in the paryoxysms of a vio...
CHAPTER 18 BILDAD'S SECOND ADDRESS _ 1. New reproaches (Job 18:1)_ 2. Once again, the wicked and what they deserve (Job 18:5) Job 18:1. Bildad has the good sense in this second oration to be very br...
JOB 18. SECOND SPEECH OF BILDAD.Bildad speaks this time at unusual length, but his speech has no significance, since it simply describes the fate of the godless. Into the description of this, however,...
HIMSELF. his soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. SHALL. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._...
The first clause must be rendered in English, Thou who tearest thyself in thine anger. The Heb. uses in preference the objective form, _One who teareth himself in his anger_, shall the earth be fors...
C. THE GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF MAN OR IMPOSSIBILITY OF SELF-JUSTIFICATION (Job 18:1-21) 1. Sharp rebuke of Job (Job 18:1-4) TEXT 18:1-4 1 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID, 2 How long wi...
_HE TEARETH HIMSELF IN HIS ANGER: SHALL THE EARTH BE FORSAKEN FOR THEE? AND SHALL THE ROCK BE REMOVED OUT OF HIS PLACE?_ Rather, turning to Job, 'Thou that tearest thyself in anger' (Job 5:2, "Wrath k...
BILDAD'S SECOND SPEECH Bildad replies with a rebuke to Job and a reassertion of the miserable lot of the wicked already asserted by Eliphaz; not so much, however, with covert reference to Job, to who...
In other words, Job could not change the world. Bildad thought that Job needed to learn about reality. A WICKED MAN WILL SUFFER A TERRIBLE DEATH V5 A wicked man will die. He is like a lamp that is o...
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 18 BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH...
HE TEARETH HIMSELF IN HIS ANGER. — As Eliphaz had charged Job (Job 15:4) with the evil tendencies of his speeches, so Bildad here compares him to a maniac, and assumes that the effect of his teaching...
טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשֹׁ֗ו בְּ אַ֫פֹּ֥ו הַ֭ לְמַעַנְךָ...
XV. A SCHEME OF WORLD RULE Job 18:1 BILDAD SPEAKS COMPOSED in the orderly parallelism of the finished _ mashal_, this speech of Bildad stands out in its strength and subtlety and, no less, in its c...
“CAST INTO A NET” Job 18:1 Bildad's second speech reveals how utterly he failed to understand Job's appeal for a divine witness and surety. Such words were _snares_ to him, Job 18:2, r.v. The deep t...
Bildad now returned to the charge, and as was the case with Eliphaz it is perfectly evident from his opening rebuke that he was speaking under a sense of annoyance. He was wounded at the wrongs done t...
(c) He teareth himself in his anger: shall the (d) earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (c) That is, like a madman. (d) Shall God change the order of nature fo...
_Thou. Hebrew, "He teareth his soul in his fury!" (Haydock) --- This is spoken with an air of contempt, as if Job were mad, chap. xiii. 14. (Calmet) --- Place. We should expect to see such effects, as...
(4) He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (5) В¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fi...
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...
HE TEARETH HIMSELF IN HIS ANGER,.... Or "his soul" l, meaning Job, and referring to what he had said in Job 16:9; Now, says Bildad, it is neither God nor man that tears you, it is you yourself; repres...
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Ver. 4. _He teareth himself in his anger_] Here he chargeth Job with desperate m...
_Wherefore are we counted as beasts?_ That is, ignorant and stupid men, Job 17:4; Job 17:10; _and reputed vile in your sight_ Hebrew, נשׂמנו, _nitmeinu, polluted_ or _unclean;_ that is, not fit to be...
BILDAD ATTACKS JOB...
He teareth himself in his anger, an exclamation referring to Job and accusing him of a furious temper, which causes him to tear around in his rage. SHALL THE EARTH BE FORSAKEN FOR THEE? Did Job think...
BILDAD'S STRONG REPROOF (vv.1-3) Bildad did not learn from Job's words to be a little more considerate than before, but shows only more strong opposition, reproving Job unjustly. He considered Job's...
HIMSELF: _ Heb._ his soul...
"O YOU WHO TEAR YOURSELF IN YOUR ANGER": Job had lamented that God tore him in His anger (Job 16:9); Bildad responds with. different idea, that Job was actually tearing himself in his own anger, and t...
1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of...
HE TEARETH HIMSELF, i.e. Job, of whom he speaks in the third person for the second, as JOB 12:4, JOB 16:7 OBADIAH 1:3. Or, _O thou that tearest thyself_ ! Thou complainest of us for vexing thee with o...
Job 18:4 tear H2963 (H8802) yourself H5315 anger H639 earth H776 forsaken H5800 (H8735) rock H6697 removed...
CONTENTS: Bildad's second discourse on Job's case. CHARACTERS: God, Bildad, Job. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is a way of fear and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of consc...
Job 18:6. _The light shall be dark in his tabernacle._ Darkness is a most ancient figure of speech for all kinds of affliction. But to good men, “the Lord will make darkness light before them.” Isaiah...
_Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?_ THE FOLLY OF DISCONTENT Some of Job’s friends said to him, “Shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall the rock be removed out of its place?” So I may say...
_Then answered Bildad the Shuhite._ THE DANGER OF DENOUNCING WICKEDNESS How wonderfully well the three comforters painted the portrait of wickedness! Nothing can be added to their delineation of sin....
REMOVING ROCKS Shall the rock be removed out of its place? Job 18:4. At first sight the answer to this question seems to be “No.” A rock is such a great strong thing; how can we move it out of its...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 18:1 Like Eliphaz, Bildad expressed his frustration (vv. Job 18:2): Who is Job to maintain his position and criticize the words of his friends? The remainder of Bildad’s response is a...
_BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH_ Bildad the bitterest and most hostile of the three friends. No speech as yet so insolent and provoking. Full of fiery scathing denunciation against—the wicked—intending, of c...
EXPOSITION JOB 18:1 Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (Job 8:1.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (Job 16:2,...
Then answered Bildad (Job 18:1), So this is Bildad's second discourse with him. How long will it be before you make an end of words? just make the mark, and afterwards we will speak. Why do you count...
Ezekiel 9:9; Isaiah 54:10; Job 13:14; Job 14:18; Job 16:9;...
He — Job. Thou art thy own tormentor. Forsaken — Shall God give over the government of the earth for thy sake, to prevent thy complaints and clamours? Shall the counsels of God, which are more immovea...