Job 8:1

1 Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:

Job 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 8:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said.
] This was the second of Job's friends that came to visit him, ( Job 2:11 ) ; and is mentioned next to Eliphaz there, and takes his turn in this controversy in the same side; which no doubt was agreed upon among themselves, as well as the part each should bear, and the general sentiment they should pursue, which was the same in them all. Some have observed, that Job's friends were like the messengers that brought him the tidings of his losses, before one had done speaking another came; and so as soon as one of his friends had delivered his discourse, and before Job could well finish his reply, up starts another to charge him afresh, as here Bildad did, who said as follows.

Job 8:1 In-Context

1 Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:
2 "How can you keep on talking like this? You're talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that.
3 Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards?
4 It's plain that your children sinned against him - otherwise, why would God have punished them?
5 Here's what you must do - and don't put it off any longer: Get down on your knees before God Almighty.
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