Job 18:1

Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded *,

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 the Shuhite responded ,
2 "How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
3 "Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?
4 "O you who tear yourself in your anger - For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "answered and said"
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