Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Ver. 1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said] A pithy and ponderous speech he here maketh, though little to the purpose, for he quite digresseth from the question in hand concerning the wicked's flourishing, and saints' sufferings, he chooseth to sing the same song with his fellows, concerning the power and purity of God above all creatures. See Job 4:18; Job 15:15. Some men are of that mind, that they will never be said or set down, but strive to have the last word. This was Peter's vanity and the rest of the disciples, Matthew 26:35, which our Saviour winked at till time should confute them, as it also did soon after.