“ Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. ”
Behold, this is the joy of his way - This is evidently sarcastic. “Lo! such is the joy of his course! He boasts of joy, as all hypocrites do, but his joy endures only for a little time. This is t...
Behold, this [is] the joy (l) of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. (l) To be planted in another place, where it may grow as it pleases.
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...
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. is. Supply "ends" instead of "is".
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold this is the joy of his way - A strong irony. Here is the issue of all his mirth, of his sports, games, and pastime...
Behold, this is the joy of his way, &c.— Behold him now; destruction is in his path; and strangers out of the dust shall spring up in his room. Heath.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold, is the joy of his way. Bitter irony. The hypocrite boasts of joy. This then is his "joy" at the last. An...
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...
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way ,.... Of the state and condition of the hypocrite, who, while he is in outward prosperity, exults and rejoices, but his joy is but short, it is but for a moment,...
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Ver. 19. Behold, this is the joy of his way ] q.d. A goodly joy! sure the hypocrite's joy is but the hypocrisy of jo...
Behold, this is the joy of his way Or, rather, This is the way of his joy: it all ends in this: this is the issue of his flourishing state. He falls into heavy calamities, from which he can never...
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...
This is the joyful and happy issue of the flourishing course, state, and condition (which is frequently called a way) of this tree, or of the hypocrite, manifestly represented by it, and expressed...
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...
1 Samuel 2:8 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; Job 20:5 ; Matthew 13:20 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Matthew 3:9 ; Psalms 113:7 ; Psalms 75:7
Behold — This is the issue of the flourishing state. This all his joy comes to. And, &c. — Out of the same earth or place shall another tree grow.