Jó 18
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Jó 18:2-4
18:2-3 How long before you stop talking? Bildad addressed Job in the plural, perhaps meaning “people like you.”
Jó 18:5-6
18:5 The light of the wicked will be snuffed out could be a metaphor for a life of confused darkness (Prov 4:19); more likely, it indicates an early death (Prov 13:9; 24:20).
Jó 18:7
18:7 The stride that is shortened is the opposite of walking and running in the blessed life (Prov 4:12).
Jó 18:8-10
18:8-10 A series of hunting devices illustrates the biblical principle of retribution (see study note on 34:11).
Jó 18:11-12
18:11-13 Bildad applies the biblical principle of retribution (18:8-10) to Job, as do Eliphaz (15:21-23) and Zophar (20:25).
Jó 18:13-14
18:13 death devours: Isaiah later reversed the figure and saw the Lord as swallowing up death (Isa 25:8; see 1 Cor 15:54).
Jó 18:15-16
18:15 The image of burning sulfur recalls the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19:24) and suggests the fate of all the wicked (Ps 11:6; Rev 19:20; 21:8).
Jó 18:17-18
18:17 Being forgotten by those who come later is a familiar curse against the wicked (see 18:19; Pss 34:16; 109:13; Prov 10:7).
Jó 18:19
18:19 This curse of childlessness (see 18:16; Pss 109:13; Isa 14:21-22) and Bildad’s earlier cruelty (Job 8:4) show that he regarded Job’s condition as the just reward for his wickedness (1:18-19).
Jó 18:20
18:20 in the west . . . in the east: These phrases might refer to people from times past and times to come or to people from various places.
Jó 18:21
18:21 Bildad kept implying that Job had rejected God (15:4, 13, 25).