וַתֹּ֜אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַתְּקוֹעִית֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עָלַ֞י אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ הֶעָוֺ֖ן וְעַל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וְכִסְא֖וֹ נָקִֽי׃ (ס)
Da sprach die Frau von Tekoa zu dem König: Auf mir, mein Herr, o König, sei die Schuld [dass das vergossene Blut nicht gerächt werden solle] und auf dem Hause meines Vaters; der König aber und sein Thron sei schuldfrei.
Malbim
Like a rod of tempered steel, (Jeremiah 1:19) this poor wretch braces himself to uphold his assertion that the personal governance which pours scorn on the princes (Psalms 197:40) and makes a mockery at the ordeal of the innocents, (Job 9:23) God's eyes are not upon it (Deuteronomy 11:12); His Throne is innocent (2 Samuel 14:9) of such calumnies. Such injustice cannot emanate from Him. The agents of the Cosmos, into whose hands the earth has been given, it is they alone that are at the heart this injustice (Ezra 9:2). Job's reply to Bildad is divided into three parts: