Job 8:18

him... it. See translation, below: "him" and "it" refer to the tree.

Related Commentaries of Job 8:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If he destroy him from his place - The particle here which is rendered “if ( אם 'ı̂m ) is often used to denote emphasis, and means here “certai...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall (k) deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. (k) That is, so that there remains nothing there to...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying , I have not seen thee. Job 8:19 The heavens shall disclose his iniquity, And...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 ta...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 suff...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 compar...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If he destroy him from his place ,.... If the sun when he is risen strikes the tree with such vehement heat that it withers and utterly perishes fro...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. Ver. 18. If he destroy him from his place ] If he stub...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If he , &c. Namely, God, who is the saviour of good men and the destroyer of the wicked; destroy him from his place When God blasts him and pl...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 kn...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If he; either God, who is the Saviour of good men, and the Destroyer of the wicked; or the owner; or any other man; for this is an indefinite speec...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH Bildad less courteous and considerate of Job’s feelings than even Eliphaz. Commences with an unfeeling reflection on his s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Accusation of Wickedness against Job. Bildad was convinced that Job was, in some way, guilty of some special great transgression against the Lor...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If he destroy him from his place, namely, if the Lord takes his prosperity from him, then it, the former place of his happiness, shall deny him, s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 20:9 ; Job 7:10 ; Psalms 37:10 ; Psalms 37:36 ; Psalms 73:18 ; Psalms 73:19 ; Psalms 92:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — God, who is the saviour of good men, and the destroyer of the wicked. It — The place; to which denying him, and seeing him, are here ascribed...

¹⁸ If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

Related Commentaries of Job 8:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 8:18