Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 3. Doth God pervert judgment! ] God afflicts thee; can he afflict thee for naught? As he is just, his judgment is just; and he could not inflict punishment unless there be a cause.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - Job spake much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angr disputant, turns it all off with this, How long wilt thou speak thes things? Men's meaning is not taken aright, and then they are rebuked as if they were evil-doers. Even in disputes on religion, it is to common to treat others with sharpness, and their arguments with contempt. Bildad's discourse shows that he had not a favourable opinio of Job's character. Job owned that God did not pervert judgment; yet i did not therefore follow that his children were cast-aways, or tha they did for some great transgression. Extraordinary afflictions ar not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, sometimes they are the trials of extraordinary graces: in judging of another's case, we ough to take the favorable side. Bildad puts Job in hope, that if he wer indeed upright, he should yet see a good end of his present troubles This is God's way of enriching the souls of his people with graces an comforts. The beginning is small, but the progress is to perfection Dawning light grows to noon-day.
Original Hebrew האל410 יעות5791 משׁפט4941 ואם518 שׁדי7706 יעות5791 צדק׃6664
