Chapters
8; 18; 25
Speech sequence
- Appeal to justice and ancestors
- Portrait of the wicked
- Brief confession of human smallness
Main claims
- God does not pervert justice
- The wicked person's light is extinguished
- No mortal is pure before God
Assumptions
- Job's losses make his moral category visible
- Traditional formulations directly solve Job's case
Important insights
- God is just
- Human knowledge is brief and creaturely
Errors or limits
- He draws a cruel conclusion about Job's children
- His speeches shrink as the formula fails
The book's evaluation
A true defense of justice does not justify Bildad's conclusions about Job; he shares the LORD's rebuke.
Key verses
- Job 8:3-7
- Job 18:5-21
- Job 25:2-6
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