Job 8:22 Meaning and Explanation
“They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
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Read Full Chapter →Bildad ends by promising that Job's enemies will be shamed and the wicked will be brought to nothing.
What Does Job 8:22 Mean?
Bildad closes his speech with a final assurance. Those who hate Job will be clothed in shame, and the home of the wicked will come to nothing, while Job, if upright, is vindicated. He leaves Job with a vision of enemies undone.
The words carry a true hope: in the end shame falls on those who oppose God, and what the wicked build will not stand. Yet Bildad has bound it all to his rigid rule, and Job's tangled grief will not fit. The deeper assurance is that God will finally set every wrong right, clothing the proud with shame and lifting the lowly, a justice fully revealed and secured in Christ at the last.
Job 8:22 in the Original Language
bosheth (בֹּשֶׁת), 'shame' -- disgrace and confusion, here pictured as a garment the wicked must wear.
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What does Job 8:22 mean?
Bildad ends by promising that Job's enemies will be shamed and the wicked will be brought to nothing.