Job 8: Bildad Points the Finger

Job 8:6 "if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place."

Bildad takes a different approach than Eliphaz. He comes out just short of accusing Job of sinning to deserve what God did to him. 

What probably hurt the most, and what made me say "oh, snap" was when Bildad blamed Job's children for what happened to them. Their death was a direct result of their sin. Which we know was untrue, but more importantly, we know Job sacrificed daily on their behalf. How that must have stung him! Tough love?

Bildad advises Job to confess this sin, whatever it may be, and then things will get better. Talk about the wrong thing to say at the wrong time. No one going through what Job is going through wants to hear anything about confessing a sin he didn't commit. Did Job wrack his brain during his week of mourning attempting to remember a sin he may have committed? Something that threw his relationship with God out of whack? Wrongful accusation is not fun.

But then Bildad goes into making promises for God, as Eliphaz did. What Bildad says about God isn't exactly wrong, as much as I know about God at this point, but it wasn't really pointed to Job's current situation.

Try again, Bildad.