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Job 8:22 Cross-References

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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. shall come: Heb. shall not be

Job 8:22 (KJV)

Commentary on Job 8:22

Bildad's final verse contrasts destinies: 'They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.' The verb 'clothed' (labash, לָבָשׁ) uses garment imagery—shame becomes the haters' covering instead of honor. 'Shall come to nought' (ayin, אַיִן) means to become nothing, cease to exist. Bildad promises Job's enemies will face destruction while Job is vindicated.The supreme irony is that Bildad himself will be 'clothed with shame' when God declares, 'ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath' (42:7). Bildad presu...

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