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Job 18:3

Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He teareth himself in his anger,.... Or "his soul" (l), meaning Job, and referring to what he had said in Job 16:9; Now, says Bildad, it is neither God nor man that tears you, it is you yourself;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wherefore are we counted as beasts? - “Why are we treated in your remarks as if we had no sense, and were unworthy of sound argument in reply to what we say?” It is possible that there may be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 18:1-4

Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was serving Satan's design in adding to Job's…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and reputed vile lit. and are unclean. Bildad describes what Job's treatment of his friends suggests to him as Job's idea of them. The reference is to the passages, ch. Job 17:4; Job 17:10, and the…

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