Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. If thou wert pure and upright ] Concerning thy guilt there can be no doubt; for if thou hadst been a holy man, and these calamities had occurred through accident, or merely by the malice of thy enemies, would not God, long ere this, have manifested his power and justice in thy behalf, punished thy enemies, and restored thee to affluence? The habitation of thy righteousness - Strongly ironical. If thy house had been as a temple of God, in which his worship had been performed, and his commandments obeyed, would it now be in a state of ruin and desolation?
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 אם518 זך2134 וישׁר3477 אתה859 כי3588 עתה6258 יעיר5782 עליך5921 ושׁלם7999 נות5116 צדקך׃6664
