Bible Strands
Job 8:22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad addresses Job, contrasting the speaker's current state of distress with a future reversal where God restores Job's joy. The words — יִלְבְּשׁוּ (yil.be.shu) translates literally as "they will be clothed," and בֹ֑שֶׁת (Vo.shet) means "shame." The thread — This imagery of enemies wearing shame appears in Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, and Psalms 109:29. Why it lands — The text demands a reader to recognize that divine justice will publicly disgrace oppressors and permanently erase the wicked's influence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Cross-references
- Psalms 132:18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
- Psalms 35:26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalms 109:29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
- Job 18:14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
- Job 8:18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Job 7:21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
- 1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”