Job 8:8-19
Summary for Job 8:8-10: 8:8-10 a Bildad made the case for traditional wisdom by appealing to ancient tradition and history (Deut 4:32 b; Jer 18:13 c).8:9 d born but yesterday and know nothing: Bildad suggested that Job’s generation was either born too late to be acquainted with ancient wisdom or was too young to have accumulated it.
8:11 e Papyrus reeds grow as high as ten to fifteen feet.
Summary for Job 8:12-13: 8:12-13 f To forget God does not mean to have a lapse of memory but to act as if God did not exist (see Pss 10:4 g; 14:1 h; Zeph 1:12 i) or cannot see (see Job 22:13-17 j; Ps 94:7 k).
Summary for Job 8:16-17: 8:16-17 l In this parable, a plant with roots that grow down through a pile of stones gains stability by becoming entwined with the rocks.
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