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A Sarcastic Rebuke
All the commentators agree that Job is not asking a genuine question but is speaking with intense sarcasm. He is rebuking Bildad, pointing out that his grand speech offered absolutely no real help, strength, or comfort to him in his powerless and afflicted state. It was a complete failure in friendship and counsel.
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18th Century
Theologian
How have you helped him who is without power? - It has been doubted whether this refers to Job himself, the two friends of Bildad, …
17th Century
Minister
Job derided Bildad's answer; his words were a mixture of peevishness and self-preference. Bildad ought to have laid before Job the consolations, ra…