Job 18:1-4

[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, [2] How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. [3] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? [4] He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

What is the context of Job 18:1-4?

Bildad Speaks Again (Job 18:1-4 true)
Bildad Speaks of the Wicked (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad’s Second Response to Job (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad’s Second Speech (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad Speaks (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked (Job 18:1-21 true)
Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished (Job 18:1-21 true)

What does Job 18:1-4 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Obviously Bildad was impatient because Job refused to change his mind or admit great guilt ( Job 18:1-2). Job had claimed that God was tearing him like a beast tears its prey ( Job 16:9), but Bildad said Job was tearing himself ( Job 18:4 a). We can see his disgust with what he regarded as Job"s pride in his statement that Job should not expect God to do anything particularly great on Job"s account ( Job 18:4 b-c).

"A speaker who has run out of ideas can always resort to satire. No ^[1] pastor mocks a sufferer by throwing his own words back at him." ^[2]