(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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Gill's Exposition
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee,.... That is, the men of the former age, and their fathers before them, Job is directed to inquire of, and to prepare for a search into their records and…
Barnes' Notes
For we are but of yesterday - That is, we are of short life. We have had but few opportunities of observation compared with those who have gone before us. There can be no doubt that Bildad here refers…
Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were…
The moral wisdom of the ancients
Bildad, having laid down his moral principle, invites Job to reflect that it is a principle resting on the research and the generalized experience of men of…
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