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Bildad's speech is charged with somewhat increased vehemence, compared to Eliphaz who spoke first, because Bildad found Job's words too angry and impious. He was the first of Job's friends to attribute Job's calamity to actual wickedness; however, he does so indirectly, by accusing Job's children (who were destroyed in the opening scenes, Job 1 ...
Bildad: Humans Are Worthless before God (25:1–6) Job (26:1–27:23) Interlude – A Poem on Wisdom (28:1–28) Job's Summing Up (29:1–31:40) The Dialogue section is composed in the format of poetry with distinctive syntax and grammar. [5]
The Talmud says in Baba Bathra 15b, "Seven prophets prophesied to the heathen, namely, Balaam and his father, Job, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite, and Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite." In the King James translation of 2 Peter 2:15, Beor is called Bosor (from the Greek Βεὼρ).
Bildad rebukes Job (verses 1–5). Bildad describes the fate of the wicked (verses 5–21) [11] Whereas in their first speech both Eliphaz and Bildad focus on the nature of God, in their second speech both explore the topic of the fate of the wicked, suggesting in the course of the conversation they become more convinced that Job is among the ...
Bildad the Shuhite offers his opinion of Job's predicament. He posits that Job's children must have been sinful and that "God will not cast away a perfect man." People: Bildad. Related Articles: Shuhite. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe
Although quick-witted, and quick to respond, Eliphaz loses his composure in chapter 22, in the third and final round of speeches, accusing Job of specific faults, "sins against justice and charity towards others": [11] oppressing widows and orphans, refusing bread to the hungry: a far cry from how he had originally described Job in his first address to him:
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Jobab ben Zerah (Hebrew: יובב בן־זרח Yōḇāḇ ben-Zerah) was a king of ancient Edom, according to Genesis 36.He succeeded Bela ben Beor in the apparently elective kingship [1] of the Edomites.