How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth (a) [be like] a strong wind?
(a) He declares that their words which would diminish anything from the justice of God, are but as a puff of wind that vanishes away.
Verse Job 8:2. _HOW LONG WILT THOU SPEAK THESE THINGS?_] Wilt thou still go on to charge God foolishly? Thy heavy affliction proves that thou art under his wrath; and his wrath, thus manifested, prove...
HOW LONG WILT THOU SPEAK THESE THINGS? - The flyings of murmuring and complaint, such as he had uttered in the previous chapters. THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH BE LIKE A STRONG WIND? - The Syriac and Arabic...
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...
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. WORDS. sayings. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_ App-9....
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...
HOW LONG WILT THOU SPEAK THESE THINGS?— _How long wilt thou trifle in this manner?_ He compares his _words_ in the next clause to a _strong wind,_ to denote the vehemence and impetuosity wherewith, ac...
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...
_HOW LONG WILT THOU SPEAK THESE THINGS? AND HOW LONG SHALL THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH BE LIKE A STRONG WIND?_ Like a strong wind - disregarding restraints, vain, rash, and daring against God....
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...
_LIKE_ A STRONG WIND] violent, headstrong....
Job’s words upset Bildad greatly. Job seemed to have no hope. Bildad understood Job’s words. But Bildad was sorry that Job had even spoken. Bildad would prefer to listen to something that had no meani...
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...
עַד ־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל ־אֵ֑לֶּה וְ ר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בּ
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...
_How long. He seems tired with hearing, (Haydock) and accuses Job of want of moderation, representing him as a hypocrite, (Calmet) and an obstinate defender of his own opinion, against the better judg...
(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...
HOW LONG WILT THOU SPEAK THESE [THINGS]?.... Either what he had delivered in the "third" chapter in cursing the day of his birth, and wishing for death, in which sentiments he still continued, and res...
How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind? Ver. 2. _How long wilt thou speak these things?_] _Quousque effaberis ista._ _q.d._ Hast...
_How long wilt thou speak these things?_ &c. Why dost thou persist to talk in this manner? and why are thy words thus vehement? As a strong wind which overturns all things without any moderation, and...
How long wilt thou speak these things? An exclamation of impatience over the blasphemous impertinence which he read in Job's words. AND HOW LONG SHALL THE WORDS OF THY MOUTH BE LIKE A STRONG WIND? He...
AN ADMONITION TO JOB TO REPENT OF HIS SIN...
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...
i.e. Boisterous and violent, swelling and furious, opposing all persons and things that stand in thy way, not sparing either God or men....
Job 8:2 How H575 long H5704 speak H4448 (H8762) words H561 mouth H6310 strong H3524 wind H7307 How long -...
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...
_Then answered Bildad the Shuhite._ BILDAD’S UNSYMPATHETIC SPEECH Bildad grasps at once, as we say, the nettle. He is quite sure that he has the key to the secret of the distribution among mankind of...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 8:1 Bildad is the second friend to “comfort” Job. ⇐ ⇔...
_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 Kings 19:11; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 10:7; Job 11:2; Job 11:3;...
Strong wind — Boisterous and violent....