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Job 8:1 Cross-References
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Bildad's First Speech: God Is Just
“Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,”
Job 8:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 8:1
Bildad the Shuhite enters the dialogue as Job's second 'comforter.' The name Bildad may derive from Bel-adad ('Bel has loved') or bil-dad ('son of contention'). 'Shuhite' likely indicates descent from Shuah, Abraham's son by Keturah (Genesis 25:2), suggesting Bildad shares patriarchal heritage with Job. His response to Job's lament represents traditional retribution theology—suffering always indicates sin.The phrase 'Then answered' (anah, עָנָה) appears throughout Job's dialogue cycles, structuring the literary debate. Bildad's speech (8:1-22) is shorter and more dogmatic than Eliphaz's (chapt...
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