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To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
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Whose Spirit Is Speaking?
Job challenges Bildad, asking who he thinks he is teaching and by what authority he speaks. Commentators explain that Job is questioning if Bildad's words are from God's Spirit, his own wisdom, or simply borrowed from others. This reminds us to ensure our counsel comes from a place of genuine, Spirit-led insight, not just recycled platitudes.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To whom hast thou uttered words? - Jerome renders this, Quem docere voluisti? “Whom do you wish to teach?” The sense is, “Do you attempt t…
19th Century
Anglican
(4) To whom. —That is, “Is it not to one who had said the same thing himself? Was it not my own breath, my own teaching, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To whom have you uttered words ? &c.] That others know not; do you think you are talking to an ignorant man? Be it k…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
In his last speech, Bildad wanted to convince Job by considering God's power, which is terrible to all. In light of this power, no one can pretend …
