Bible Chapter Summary
Job 8 Summary
Bildad: God Does Not Pervert Justice
Bildad the Shuhite rebukes Job for speaking as a strong wind does, and asks how long he will continue. Bildad insists that God does not pervert judgment and that if Job's children sinned, God cast them away for their transgression. He urges Job to seek God and make supplication; if Job were pure and upright, God would awake for him and prosper his righteousness. Bildad counsels Job to inquire of the ancients and learn from their tradition, using images of plants to show that the wicked and the hypocrite's hope shall perish, while God will not cast away a perfect man. He promises that God will fill Job's mouth with laughter and his haters with shame.
Key themes
Key verses
Job 8:3-4
“Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;”
Job 8:5-6
“If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.”
Job 8:20
“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:”
Job 8:21-22
“Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
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