How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
The book of Job is the oldest poetical book that has come down, and who wrote it is not known. This verse stands in the second part of the book, the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, consisting of three circles of speeches from each. That central debate is distinct from the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2 and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17, from the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and from the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud.
It belongs to the arguments between Job and his three friends about the cause and purpose of human suffering. It is part of Bildad's second speech, in which he rebukes Job and declares the final doom of the wicked. It belongs to Bildad's speech among the speeches of Job's friends.
The friends' statements in this debate were often generally true but misapplied to Job's case. The speeches of Job's friends, including Bildad's speech, did not speak truth about God or Job. Statements from the friends must not be treated as reliable when they contradict inspired Scripture, but each claim must be tested against the rest of the Bible.
The book of Job is the oldest poetical book that has come down, and who wrote it is not known. This verse stands in the second part of the book, the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, consisting of three circles of speeches from each. That central debate is distinct from the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2 and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17, from the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and from the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud.
It belongs to the arguments between Job and his three friends about the cause and purpose of human suffering. It is part of Bildad's second speech, in which he rebukes Job and declares the final doom of the wicked. It belongs to Bildad's speech among the speeches of Job's friends.
The friends' statements in this debate were often generally true but misapplied to Job's case. The speeches of Job's friends, including Bildad's speech, did not speak truth about God or Job. Statements from the friends must not be treated as reliable when they contradict inspired Scripture, but each claim must be tested against the rest of the Bible.