Job 25:1

1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

Job 25:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 25:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite
Not to what Job had just now delivered, in order to disprove that, that men, guilty of the grossest crimes, often go unpunished in this life, and prosper and succeed, and die in peace and quietness, as other men; either because he was convinced of the truth of what he had said, or else because he thought he was an obstinate man, and that it was best to let him alone, and say no more to him, since there was no likelihood of working any conviction on him; wherefore he only tries to possess his mind of the greatness and majesty of God, in order to deter him from applying to God in a judicial way, and expecting redress and relief from him;

and said;
as follows.

Job 25:1 In-Context

1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

3 For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

4 For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

5 If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.