Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 4. He teareth himself in his anger ] Literally, Rending his own soul in his anger; as if he had said, Thou art a madman: thy fury has such a sway over thee that thou eatest thy own flesh. While thou treatest us as beasts, we see thee to be a furious maniac, destroying thy own life.
Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? ] To say the least, afflictions are the common lot of men. Must God work a miracle in providence, in order to exempt thee from the operation of natural causes? Dost thou wish to engross all the attention and care of providence to thyself alone? What pride and insolence!
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he use nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Jo shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs because he would not admit himself to be wicked.
Original Hebrew טרף2963 נפשׁו5315 באפו639 הלמענך4616 תעזב5800 ארץ776 ויעתק6275 צור6697 ממקמו׃4725
