John Trapp on Job 18:1

CHAP. XVIII. Verſe 1. Then anſwered Bild ad the Shuhite, and ſaid.]

NOT ſo much diſputing, as inveying againſt Job in a ſharp and angry Oration, wherein he elegantly deſcribeth the woe of a wicked man, but wrongfully wreſteth the ſame againſt good Job. who might well ſay with him in Tacitus; Tu linguae, ego aurium dominus. If I cannot command thy tongue, yet I can command mine own ears: Or with Another, Didicit ille maledicere, & ego contemnere; This man hath learned to reproach, and I to ſlight his contempts and contumelies; unleſſe I ſhould yeeld that wicked men only are grievouſly afflicted in this life preſent, that they are not to be reckoned wicked, who proſper in their way; but thoſe only who ſufer extremely.