Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more.”
- KJV They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
- BSB Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- NASB “Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.”
- NLT Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”
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Quick answer
Bildad concludes that Job's enemies will be clothed with shame and the tent of the wicked will vanish. He ends with confident vindication of the righteous.
Overview
Closing his speech, Bildad pictures the downfall of Job's foes and the disappearance of the wicked's dwelling. The reversal of fortunes he describes does ultimately characterize God's justice. Yet Bildad's confident scheme cannot account for present innocent suffering, a limitation the rest of the book exposes and God himself resolves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
- Ps 109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
- Ps 35:26Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
- Job 18:14He shall be rooted out of the security of his tent. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
- Job 8:18If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
- Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”
- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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