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Job 18:1-21
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Matthew Henry on Job 18:1-4Job 18:1-4 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryBildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because…Second Address of Eliphaz. (b. c. 1520.)Job 18:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSECOND ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ. (B. C. 1520.) Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan's design in add…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Job 18:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryBildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (Job 8:1-22.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (Job 16:2, Job 16:11; Job 17:10); and aims at noth…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Job 18:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryBildad to Job: an Arabian orator's discourse. I. THE FAULTY INTRODUCTION. Bildad possessed at least three qualifications indispensable to successful speaking—fervid imagination, glowing eloquence, and vehement passion.…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Job 18:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryRenewed rebukes and warnings. Bildad again replies, mentioning that the passionate outbreaks of Job are useless. He holds fast to his original principle, that, according to the Law of God, the hardened sinner will sudde…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Job 18:1-4Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because…Matthew HenrycommentarySecond Address of Eliphaz. (b. c. 1520.)SECOND ADDRESS OF ELIPHAZ. (B. C. 1520.) Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan's design in add…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Bildad to Job: an Arabian orator's discourse. I. THE FAULTY INTRODUCTION. Bildad possessed at least three qualifications indispensable to successful speaking—fervid imagination, glowing eloquence, and vehement passion.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (Job 8:1-22.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (Job 16:2, Job 16:11; Job 17:10); and aims at noth…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:1-21Renewed rebukes and warnings. Bildad again replies, mentioning that the passionate outbreaks of Job are useless. He holds fast to his original principle, that, according to the Law of God, the hardened sinner will sudde…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts? The allusion is probably to Job 16:10, where Job spoke of his "comforters" as "gaping upon him with their mouths." And reputed vile in your sight! or, reckoned unclean. Job had spoken…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger. The Hebrew idiom, which allows of rapid transitions from the second to the third person, and vice versa, cannot be transferred without harshness to our modern speech. Our Revisers have g…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:4The individual need and the universal order. Bildad accuses Job of being unreasonable in expecting that the universal order should bend to suit a man's individual need. He suggests a common difficulty in regard to the h…Joseph S. Exell and contributors