John Trapp on Job 25:1

CHAP. XXV. Verſe 1 Then anſwered Bildad the Shuhite, and ſaid.]

A Pithy and ponderous ſpeech he here maketh, though little to the purpoſe; for he quite digreſſeth from the queſtion in hand concerning the wickeds flouriſhing, and Saints ſufferings, and chuſeth to ſing the fame ſong with his fellowes, concerning the power and Purity of God above all Creatures. See Job 4.18. and 15.15. Some men are of that mind, that they will never be ſaid or ſet down, but ſtrive to have the laſt word. This was Peters vanity and the reſt of the Diſciples, Math. 26.35. which our Saviour winked at till time ſhould confute them, as it alſo did ſoon after.