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Bildad
Bildad the Shuhite was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his affliction.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen. 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job's friends entered with him (Job 8:1; 18:1; 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone, although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of Eliphaz.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Job 2:11.
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Verses that name Bildad
- 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.
- Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.