Job 18:1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile 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 answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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  • Job 2:11

    Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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  • Job 42:7–9

    And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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  • Job 25:1

    Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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