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1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 18:1

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  • Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

  • Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

  • And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. …

  • Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan’s design in adding to Job’s affliction. I. He charges him with idle endless talk, as Eliphaz had done ( Job 15:2 , 3 ): How long will it be ere you make an end of words ? Job 18:2. Here he reflects, not only upon Job himself, but either…

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