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Bildad Attacks Job
v. 1. Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, in a reprimand which was more severe even than his first, 8, and said,
v. 2. How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? He accuses Job of hunting for words, of offering longwinded, endless discourses, useless arguments. Mark, and afterwards we will speak. Job should first make use of sense, get the proper understanding, then there would be some chance to reach an agreement.
v. 3. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, as the brute, a harsh allusion to 17:4-10, and reputed vile in your sight, regarded as stubborn blockheads by Job?
v. 4. He teareth himself in his anger, an exclamation referring to Job and accusing him of a furious temper, which causes him to tear around in his rage. Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Did Job think that on his account the earth would be depopulated? And shall the rock be removed out of his place? Just as little as Job could change the fact that men lived on the earth and that rocks were given their place for resting, so little could he change the fact that suffering was sent as a punishment for crimes of every kind. Just as little as he could expect everything to be plunged into desolation and chaos, so little could he expect the divine order to be overthrown for his sake. Bildad was firmly convinced that his opinion concerning the guilt of Job was right.