Bible in one year 7/27/2022 Job Chapter 8-10 Bildad’s first speech and Job’s reply
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Chapter 8 Bildad’s first speech and comfort to Job
Bildad’s first speech, less
sensitive than Eliphaz, he implies that Job’s children were killed because of
their sins (v.4).His diagnosis of Job’s problem is basically the same as Eliphaz’s;
Job was suffering because of his sin (vv.5-7). Shuhite
is a descendant of Shuah, son of Abraham
and Keturah. Bildad appeals to the teachings of his predecessors. (vv.8-10). In
verse 19 is an ironical statement meaning that the wicked can only look forward
to the joy of calamity. For God
doesn’t reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(v.20).
Bildad said,“ How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? When your
children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(vv.2-4)
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty, if you are
pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you
to your rightful place. You beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will
your future be.(vv.5-7).
Ask the former generations and find out what
their fathers learned, for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will
they not bring for the words from their understanding? Can papyrus grow tall where
there is no march? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and
uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who
forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.(vv.8-13).
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Surely God doesn’t reject a
blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(v.20) He will yet fill your
month with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. Your enemies will be
clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”(vv.19-22).
Chapter 9 Job’s reply to Bildad
In reply to Bildad (10:22), Job points out
that tradition is not our best source of knowledge; God has revealed much about
Himself even in nature (9:4-12).Although we should listen to the wisdom of our
elders, we must remember that they are finite mortals who have grasped only a
part of reality. He replied, “ Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a
mortal be righteous before God?” This question puzzles most people and is one
of the great questions of life. The answer is that we are made just before God
only by the substitutionary death of His Son for our sins (Rom. 3:21-18).
Job
responded,
“ Though
one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a
thousand. His wisdom is profound, His power is vast. Who has resisted him and
come out unscathed? He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns
them in his anger. He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars
tremble. (vv.3-6).
He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;
he seals off the light of the star. He alone stretches out the heavens and
treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the
Pleiades and the constellations of the south. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be
counted. When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot see him
perceived him. If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What
are you doing?’ God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab
cowered at his feet.(vv.7-13). Rahab (v.13) A mythological monster who was subdued by
Marduk, and thus a figurative expression for pride.
Job
goes on to deny flatly his friends’ whole interpretation of life, since the
wicked do not always suffer but frequently prosper. (v.24) in verses 32-33 Job’s
words about God’s transcendence (bring aloof and detached from His creation)
reflect a feeling of helplessness. This led him to cry out for an arbitrator or
umpire, someone who understands both God and man and can bring them together in
harmony. God has provided in His Son, the God-Man, Jesus Christ (1Tim.2:5)
He
said, “ How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with
him? Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my
Judge for mercy (vv14-.15)… Even
if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would
pronounce me guilty. Although I am blameless, I have no concerns for myself; I
despise my own life. It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘ He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’ (vv.21-22) “ When a land falls into hands of the
wicked, he blindfolds its judges. It if is not he, then who is it?” (v.24). My
days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy. (v.25).
If I say, ‘ I will forget my complaint, I
will change my expression and smile, I still dread all my sufferings, for I
know you will not hold me innocent. Since I am already found guilty, why should
I struggle in vain? Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing
soda, you would plunge me into slime pit so that even my clothes would detest
me.(vv.27-31).
He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might
confront each other in court. If only there were someone to arbitrate between
us, to lay his hand upon us both, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that
his terror would frighten me no more. Then I would speak up without fear of
him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot. (vv.32-35).
Chapter 10 Job’s reply to Bildad
Job
thinks of every possible reason why God might be afflicting him and concludes
that God might be afflicting him and concludes that God must know that he is a
man of integrity (v.7). He said,
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Again
Job wishes he had not been born. Job begs that God would leave him alone just
for a little while before he dies.
“But
this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your
mind: If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go
unpunished. If I am guilty woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my
head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction. If I hold my head
high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your
forces come against me wave upon wave.” (vv.13-17)
Why then did you bring me out
of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me. If only I had never come
into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave! Are not my
few days almost over? Turn away from me
so I can have a moment’s joy. Before I go to the place of no return, to the
land of gloom and deep shadow, to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and
disorder, where even the light is like darkness. (vv.18-22)
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago,
IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986
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