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Job 26:2

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How hast thou: Bildad had produced no argument to refute Job's doctrine; and therefore Job ironically admires the assistance which Bildad had given to his friends in their extremity, and the instruction he had afforded him in his perplexity. Job 12:2; 1 Kings 18:27

helped: Job 4:3-4, Job 6:25, Job 16:4-5; Isaiah 35:3-4, Isaiah 40:14, Isaiah 41:5-7

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