Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
This declaration stands in the third address of Bildad, his last brief contribution to the discussion. That address sets forth the greatness and flawlessness of God. It forms one part of the long exchange between Job and his companions concerning why people suffer and what suffering is meant to accomplish. In delivering it Bildad was attempting to convince Job that Job was guilty of wrongdoing and that his afflictions were deserved.
The assertions made by the companions were for the most part correct in themselves yet wrongly directed at Job's situation, so the affirmation of divine rule and heavenly harmony gives no proof that Job's distress indicated divine disfavor. The discourses of Job's companions regarding God and regarding Job cannot be taken as trustworthy on their own authority, since in those areas they spoke what was not true. What is stated in this chapter therefore has to be measured by other divinely inspired statements, keeping what agrees with Scripture apart from what opposes it.
This declaration stands in the third address of Bildad, his last brief contribution to the discussion. That address sets forth the greatness and flawlessness of God. It forms one part of the long exchange between Job and his companions concerning why people suffer and what suffering is meant to accomplish. In delivering it Bildad was attempting to convince Job that Job was guilty of wrongdoing and that his afflictions were deserved.
The assertions made by the companions were for the most part correct in themselves yet wrongly directed at Job's situation, so the affirmation of divine rule and heavenly harmony gives no proof that Job's distress indicated divine disfavor. The discourses of Job's companions regarding God and regarding Job cannot be taken as trustworthy on their own authority, since in those areas they spoke what was not true. What is stated in this chapter therefore has to be measured by other divinely inspired statements, keeping what agrees with Scripture apart from what opposes it.