Job 18:1

The Second Speech of Bildad

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,

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 replied,
2 "Job, when will you stop these speeches of yours? Be reasonable! Then we can talk.
3 Why do you look at us as if we were cattle? Why do you think of us as being stupid?
4 Your anger is tearing you to pieces. Does the earth have to be deserted just to prove you are right? Must all of the rocks be moved from their places?
5 "The lamps of sinful people are blown out. Their flames will never burn again.
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