Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. The light of the wicked shall be put out ] Some think it would be better to translate the original, "Let the light of the wicked be extinguished!" Thou art a bad man, and thou hast perverted the understanding which God hath given thee. Let that understanding, that abused gift, be taken away. From this verse to the end of the chapter is a continual invective against Job.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-10 - Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in whic there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do no repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to ran their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from important truths. The destruction of the wicked is foretold. Tha destruction is represented under the similitude of a beast or bir caught in a snare, or a malefactor taken into custody. Satan, as he wa a murderer, so he was a robber, from the beginning. He, the tempter lays snares for sinners wherever they go. If he makes them sinful lik himself, he will make them miserable like himself. Satan hunts for the precious life. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare for himself, and God is preparing for his destruction. See here how the sinner runs himself into the snare.
Original Hebrew גם1571 אור216 רשׁעים7563 ידעך1846 ולא3808 יגה5050 שׁביב7632 אשׁו׃784
