Bible Strands
Job 8:1
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad the Shuhite speaks to Job as his opening response in the dialogue. This moment follows the arrival of the three friends who heard of Job’s affliction (Job 2:11).
The words — וַיַּעַן (va.ya'an) means "and he answered," and וַיֹּאמַר (va.yomer) means "and he said." These consecutive verbs formally mark Bildad's entry into the conversation.
The thread — The text identifies Bildad as one of the three friends who traveled to Job after hearing about his suffering (Job 2:11).
Why it lands — The verse demands the reader note the structural shift from silence to speech, marking the beginning of a confrontation that will test the limits of comfort and doctrine.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Cross-references
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.