Job 18:1

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

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 answered:

2 "When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3 You think of us as cattle, as if we are stupid.

4 You tear yourself to pieces in your anger. Should the earth be vacant just for you? Should the rocks move from their places?

5 "The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.