“ Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? ”
Doth God pervert judgment? - That is, Does God afflict people unjustly? Does he show favor to the evil, and punish the good? Bildad here undoubtedly refers to Job, and supposes that he had brough...
Opening of Bildad's First Speech. The two younger friends, says Duhm, make a less favourable impression than Eliphaz. Bildad's great point is the discriminating rectitude of God, who unfailingly re...
Doth... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. GOD. Hebrew. El. App-4. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew. Shaddai. App-4.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Doth God pervert judgment! - God afflicts thee; can he afflict thee for naught? As he is just, his judgment is just; and he could not...
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Doth God pervert. The repetition of pervert gives an emphasis galling to Job. "Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment" ( J...
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...
(1) В¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? (3) Doth God pervert judgment? or doth t...
Doth God pervert judgment ?.... In his dealings with men in the way of his providence; no, he does not; here Bildad opposes himself to Job, who he thought had charged God with injustice in dealing w...
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Ver. 3. Doth God prevent judgment? ] By not punishing the wicked; or doth the Almighty prevent justice? by not rewarding the righte...
Doth God Hebrew, אל, Eel , the mighty God, as this word signifies; pervert judgment? Judge unrighteously? No: this is inconsistent with God's nature, Which is essentially and necessarily just, a...
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,...
The Address of Bildad. B. C. 1520. 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How...
God, Heb. the mighty God , as this word signifies; the almighty or all-sufficient God , as the next name of God here implies. These names are emphatically used, to prove that God cannot deal unju...
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...
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad’s unsympathetic speech Bildad grasps at once, as we say, the nettle. He is quite sure that he has the key to the secret of the distribution among mankin...
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 Admonition to Job to Repent of his Sin
2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Daniel 9:14 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Ezekiel 18:25 ; Ezekiel 33:17 ; Ezekiel 33:20 ; Genesis 18:25 ; Job 10:3 ; Job 19:7 ; Job 21:15 ; Job 21:20 ; Job 34:10-12 ; Job 34:1...
Doth God — Heb. The might God, as this word signifies, the Almighty, or All — sufficient God, as the next name of God implies. These names are emphatically used, to prove that God cannot deal unjus...