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Job 08 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The ULB sets the lines of this chapter farther to the right on the page than the rest of the text because it is a poem. This chapter is the advice of Job's friend, Bildad.
Special concepts in this chapter
Bildad's advice
Bildad tells Job to curse Yahweh. The advice Bildad gives to Job is bad advice. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/curse)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical questions
Bildad uses many different rhetorical questions in this chapter in order to try to convince Job that he is wrong. These questions help to build Bildad's argument. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)