“ Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? ”
Shall not they teach thee - The results of human conduct, and the great principles on which God governs the world. And utter words out of their heart - Dr. Good renders this, “And well for...
The Wisdom of the Ancients. Bildad recalls Job to tradition as enshrined in the proverbs of the fathers ( Job 8:8 ). Authority belongs to the voice of the past ( Job 8:9 ). The respect which our ag...
Shall. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. and. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text. heart. Supply Ellipsis (App-6), by adding the words "such...
DISCOURSE: 457 BILDAD WARNS JOB OF THE DANGER OF HYPOCRISY Job 8:8-14 . Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (for we are but of yesterday,...
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? Job 8:10 Shall not they teach thee - Wilt thou not treat their maxims with the utmost deference and respect? They ut...
For inquire, I pray thee, &c.— Bildad had exhorted Job to apply himself to God by prayer, upon the assurance, that if he were innocent, as he pretended, or shewed any marks of a sincere repenta...
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? Teach thee - Job ( Job 6:24 ) had said, "Teach me." Bildad, therefore, says, Since you want teaching, Enquire of...
The First Speech of Bildad Holding the same doctrine about sin and suffering as Eliphaz, Bildad supports the views of his friend by an appeal to the teaching of antiquity. He shows less sympathy a...
XIX. VENTURESOME THEOLOGY Job 8:1-22 BILDAD SPEAKS THE first attempt to meet Job has been made by one who relies on his own experience and takes pleasure in recounting the things which he has...
God Will not Cast Away Job 8:1-22 Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of former generations to show that special suffering, like Job's, indicated special sin, however...
In answer to Job, the next of his friends, Bildad, took up the argument. There is greater directness in his speech than in that of Eliphaz. By comparison it lacks in courtesy, but gains in force. He...
(10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? (11) Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? (12) Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and...
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee ,.... That is, the men of the former age, and their fathers before them, Job is directed to inquire of, and to prepare for a search into their records and...
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? Ver. 10. Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee ] They, that is, the forefathers, Job 8:8 , these, though dead an...
Shall not they teach thee? Assuredly they will inform thee that it is as we say. And utter words out of their heart Not partially, but sincerely, speaking their inward thoughts; not rashly, but f...
BILDAD'S CRUEL RESPONSE (vv.1-22) Bildad's response to Job was much more brief than that of Eliphaz, but following along the same line. He did not begin in the conciliatory way that Eliphaz did,...
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a sh...
Assuredly they will inform thee that it is as we say. Out of their heart; not partially, but sincerely, speaking their inward thoughts; not rashly, but from deep consideration; not by hearsay from...
BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH Bildad less courteous and considerate of Job’s feelings than even Eliphaz. Commences with an unfeeling reflection on his speech. Pursues the same line of argument and addre...
Job 8:7 . Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should be great. Many great patriarchs, like Jacob, had once but a small beginning. Job 8:11 . Can the rush grow. The LXX read, “th...
EXPOSITION Job 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said . Bildad the Shuhite has the second place in the passage where Job's friends are first mentioned ( Job 2:11 ), and occupies th...
An Accusation of Wickedness against Job. Bildad was convinced that Job was, in some way, guilty of some special great transgression against the Lord, that his present affliction was the punishment...
Deuteronomy 11:19 ; Deuteronomy 6:7 ; Hebrews 11:4 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Job 12:7 ; Job 12:8 ; Job 32:7 ; Matthew 12:35 ; Proverbs 16:23 ; Proverbs 18:15 ; Psalms 145:4
Utter — Not partially, but sincerely, speaking their inward thoughts; not rashly, but from deep consideration; not by hearsay, but their own knowledge.