3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Commentary
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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