Job Eight
by Dr. Henry M. Morris
(taken from the Defender's Study Bible)
Job 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Job 8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
the former age. Bildad evidently is thinking here of Enoch, Noah, and the other patriarchs of the antediluvian age, indicating he was aware of their inspired records, especially of God's punishment of the wicked in that “former age.”
Job 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
days upon earth. Even though the people of Job's day were still living to ages of two hundred years (Job 42:16), this was “but a shadow” compared to the nine-hundred-year life spans of the antediluvian patriarchs.
Job 8:10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
rush ... flag. Marsh-land plants.
Job 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Job 8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Job 8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job 8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Job 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Job 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.