Job 18:1

1 Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],

Job 18:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 18:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said.
] Who, next to Eliphaz, spoke before, and now in his turn attacks Job a second time, and more roughly and severely than before; now he gives him no advice or counsel, nor any instructions and exhortations for his good, nor suggests that it might be better times with him again, as he had done before; but only heaps up charges against him, and describes the miserable circumstances of a wicked man, as near to Job's as he could; thereby endeavouring to confirm his former position, that wicked men are punished of God, and to have this conclusion drawn from it, that Job must needs be a wicked man, since he was so greatly afflicted.

Job 18:1 In-Context

1 Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],
2 "How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we'll talk.
3 Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes?
4 Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?
5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.
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