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"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
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Counsel Turns to Condemnation
Bildad opens his second speech not with comfort, but with a sharp rebuke. Commentators explain that he accuses Job of being long-winded and speaking empty, argumentative words. This marks a significant shift in the dialogue, showing how easily 'friendly' counsel can sour into harsh judgment when friends lack empathy for suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? - It has been questioned to whom this is addressed. It is in the plural, and it is…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How long [will it be] before you make an end of words ? &c.] Because these words are expressed in the plural number,…
Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut …
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13th Century
Catholic
Since Bildad the Shuhite could not grasp what blessed Job meant, he assumed that what he himself did not understand was spoken without basis. At th…
