Job 18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
KJV
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
WEB
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
ASV
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
DARBY
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
BLB
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
ÅB
Da tok Bildad fra Suah til orde og sa:
OTB
Da svarte Bildad fra Sjuah og sa:
B1930
Da tok Bildad fra Suah til orde og sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 8:1

    Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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  • 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.

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  • Job 42:7–9

    After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

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  • Job 25:1

    Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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