Job 18:1

1 Bildad from Shuhah chimed in:

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 Bildad from Shuhah chimed in:

2 "How monotonous these word games are getting! Get serious! We need to get down to business.

3 Why do you treat your friends like slow-witted animals? You look down on us as if we don't know anything.

4 Why are you working yourself up like this? Do you want the world redesigned to suit you? Should reality be suspended to accommodate you?

5 "Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished.