Job 8:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
In Context
2How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Cross References
Job 2:11And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
Job 25:1Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
Matthew Henry on Job 8:1
Job's friends are like Job's messengers: the latter followed one another close with evil tidings, the former followed him with harsh censures: both, unawares, served Satan's design; these to drive him from his integrity, those to drive him from the comfort of it. Eliphaz did not reply to what Job had said in answer to him, but left it to Bildad, whom he knew to be of the same mind with himself in this affair. Those are not the wisest of the company, but the weakest rather, who covet to have all the talk. Let… Read the whole commentary →