Bildad the Shuhite Speaks. Job 8

 

Job 8 – Bildad the Shuhite Speaks

 

Bildad is one who thinks he knows everything. He begins by telling Job that listening to him is like listening to the wind blow.

To be hurtful, he tells Job that the reason Job’s children were destroyed was because they were sinners. Bildad had no right to say that, and we know that wasn’t the reason because of Satan’s meeting with God in heaven.

He further tells Job that if he were lily white, as Job has given the impression, God would hear his prayer and heal and restore him.

 

We know that when all this is over, Job will greatly increase because God is going to double everything he had.

Bildad’s statement, “We are but of yesterday and know nothing.” Is true, but Bildad doesn’t feel like he knows nothing. He means that Job knows nothing. However, the statement was true of Bildad. Bildad says the past will teach us. Man assumes more than he could possibly know.

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 3:14. The only way we can learn about eternal things is from the Word of God.

 

Bildad accuses Job of being a hypocrite because he thinks Job has been covering up something.  He tells Job that’s as good as leaning on a spider’s web. When trouble comes, it won’t hold you.

 

Will God “cast away a perfect man”? No, He won’t. There is none. “…There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Rom. 3:10

He finishes by telling Job that he has come to nothing because he is a great sinner. Bildad is no more helpful than Eliphaz was.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.