Job's friends are trying to bring comfort: they are trying to figure out what is happening to Job – and how it fits into what they know about God's dealings with man.
Eliphaz had offered two options: First, perhaps this is just “common wrath” – maybe you are innocent – but bad things happen to everyone! Second, perhaps God is disciplining you – if you are patient, God will restore you.
Job replied, That's all very good – but my calamities are worse than I deserve. You cannot say the destruction of all my children and all my possessions in a single day was a coincidence! God is attacking me directly. God is attacking the innocent. There is no resolution for my troubles except death.
Eliphaz had only hinted that maybe Job had sinned. After hearing Job's reply, Bildad is becoming convinced that this is the only explanation. After all, if Job is right, if God is attacking the innocent, then the justice of God will be called into question.
Job had asked God, “how long will you not look away from me?” Now Bildad is concerned that his friend is slandering God. How dare Job say that God is doing this on purpose! The God I serve would never do a thing like that!
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