261 Job answered: 2 "Well, you've certainly been a great help to a helpless man! You came to the rescue just in the nick of time! 3 What wonderful advice you've given to a mixed-up man! What amazing insights you've provided! 4 Where in the world did you learn all this? How did you become so inspired?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 26:1-4
Commentary on Job 26:1-4
(Read Job 26:1-4)
Job derided Bildad's answer; his words were a mixture of peevishness and self-preference. Bildad ought to have laid before Job the consolations, rather than the terrors of the Almighty. Christ knows how to speak what is proper for the weary, Isaiah 50:4; and his ministers should not grieve those whom God would not have made sad. We are often disappointed in our expectations from our friends who should comfort us; but the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, never mistakes, nor fails of his end.