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Job 8:8
In effect, Bildad is telling Job, "Look back into history. The ancients were wise and had many experiences that can help you. If you would just study the wisdom of the past, you would find answers to your situation." He is basically correct. The ancients of which he spoke lived for hundreds of years—they had a lot of time to learn the lessons of life. They probably passed a lot of wisdom on to their descendants. "Job," he says, "all you have to do is to mine the past, and you'll solve your dilemma."
John W. Ritenbaugh
Truth (Part 2)Related Topics: Bildad | Learning from History | Lessons of Life | Man's Wisdom | Mining the Past | Secular Wisdom | Wisdom | Wisdom of the Ancients | Wisdom of the Past
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