Job 8:1

Job 8:1

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Bildad: Job Should Repent

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 “How long will you speak these things,
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

3 ^aDoes God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

4 If ^ayour sons have sinned against Him,
He has cast them away¹ for their transgression.

5 ^aIf you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,

6 If you were pure and upright,
Surely now He would¹ awake for you,
And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

7 Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would ^aincrease abundantly.

8 “For^a inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

9 For ^awe were born yesterday, and know¹ nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Bildad the Shuhite - Supposed to be a descendant of Shuah, one of the sons of Abraham, by Keturah, who dwelt in Arabia Deserta, called in Scripture the east country. See Genesis 25:1, Genesis 25:2, Genesis 25:6.

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