| Geneva Study Bible {c} He teareth himself in his anger: shall the {d} earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (c) That is, like a madman. (d) Shall God change the order of nature for your sake, by dealing with you otherwise than he does with all man? Wesley's Notes 18:4 He - Job. Thou art thy own tormentor. Forsaken - Shall God give over the government of the earth for thy sake, to prevent thy complaints and clamours? Shall the counsels of God, which are more immoveable than rocks, and the whole course of his providence be altered to comply with thy humours? King James Translators' Notes himself: Heb. his soul Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. Rather, turning to Job, "thou that tearest thyself in anger" (Job 5:2). be forsaken?-become desolate. He alludes here to Job's words as to the "rock," crumbling away (Job 14:18, 19); but in a different application. He says bitterly "for thee." Wert thou not punished as thou art, and as thou art unwilling to bear, the eternal order of the universe would be disturbed and the earth become desolate through unavenged wickedness [Umbreit]. Bildad takes it for granted Job is a great sinner (Job 8:3-6; Isa 24:5, 6). "Shall that which stands fast as a rock be removed for your special accommodation?" Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 18:1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because he would not admit himself to be wicked. | 
