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The Book of

Job 25

Bildad speaks, round three. Job dared anyone to prove him wrong. Bildad has six verses left in him, and Zophar has none.

6 verses≈ 3 min1 personBSB

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In this chapter

Where we are

  1. 1–3The testBlameless, stripped of everything, and his cry
  2. 4–14Round oneThe friends speak; Job answers
  3. 15–21Round twoMy Redeemer lives
  4. 22–31Round threeThen wisdom, and Job's last defenseChapter 25
  5. 32–37ElihuA younger voice
  6. 38–41The LORD speaksOut of the whirlwind
  7. 42The endJob prays and is restored

Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous

Bildad
Bildad

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

“Dominion and awe belong to God;

He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

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Bildad
Bildad

How then can a man be just before God?

Job 25:4

Bildad
A pale moon and the last few stars fading in a brightening dawn sky over dark bare hills.

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If even the moon does not shine,

and the stars are not pure in His sight,

how much less man, who is but a maggot,

and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Question

Quick question

Count the speakers.

Which friend does not speak in round three?

The third round runs out

Eliphaz48, 35, 30 versesBildad22, 21, 6 versesZophar20, 29, noneThe rule runsoutand Job speaks on

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Three speakers, three rounds. By the last round the friends have almost nothing left, and Zophar never takes his turn. A rule that can’t explain a man like Job finally goes quiet.

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How then can a man be just before God?

Job 25:4

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