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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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Enter Bildad, the Second Friend
Commentators identify Bildad the Shuhite as the second of Job's three friends to speak, following Eliphaz. One scholar notes that the friends' speeches come one after another, much like the relentless messengers who brought Job news of his disasters. This sets a tone of continuous, mounting pressure on Job.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite - see the notes at Job 2:11.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said. This was the second of Job's friends that came to visit him, ([Reference Job …
Job spoke much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry disputant, dismisses it all with this: "How long will you speak these things?" Peop…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the discourse that Job just finished, he had responded to the speech of Eliphaz, showing that Eliphaz was profoundly mistaken. But Bildad of Shu…
