Midrash for Job 8:1
וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י וַיֹאמַֽר׃
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Kohelet Rabbah
Rabbi Simon said: We have found that [people] went to a house of feasting and their names were not specified, [and people went] to a house of mourning and their names were specified. Og went to Abraham’s feast and his name was not specified. Job’s three comrades went to the house of mourning and their names were specified.
We have found that [people] went to a house of feasting and they were not spared from Gehenna, and [people] went to a house of mourning and they were spared from Gehenna. Og was at Abraham’s feast and he was not spared from Gehenna. Those who went to the house of mourning were spared from Gehenna. Rabbi Yissakhar of Kefar Mandi said: It is the way of the wicked to be consigned to the lowest level of Gehenna, as it is stated: “He strikes them in the place of the wicked” (Job 34:26). Job’s three comrades went to the house of mourning and they were spared from Gehenna, as it is written: “Each man came from his place” (Job 2:11). Each from his home, each from his city, each from his land, is not written here, but rather, “each from his place” – from the place that was established for them in Gehenna. They were spared and rescued from it.
We have found that [people] went to a house of feasting and the Divine Spirit did not rest upon them; this is Og. Job’s three comrades went to a house of mourning and the Divine Spirit rested upon them. That is what is written: “Elifaz answered” (Job 4:1), “Bildad answered” (Job 8:1). It is taught in the name of Rabbi Meir: Any place where answering [aniya], saying [amira], and so [ko, kakha] are stated, these statements were made in the sacred tongue and with [the inspiration of] the Divine Spirit.
We have found that [people] went to a house of feasting and they were not spared from Gehenna, and [people] went to a house of mourning and they were spared from Gehenna. Og was at Abraham’s feast and he was not spared from Gehenna. Those who went to the house of mourning were spared from Gehenna. Rabbi Yissakhar of Kefar Mandi said: It is the way of the wicked to be consigned to the lowest level of Gehenna, as it is stated: “He strikes them in the place of the wicked” (Job 34:26). Job’s three comrades went to the house of mourning and they were spared from Gehenna, as it is written: “Each man came from his place” (Job 2:11). Each from his home, each from his city, each from his land, is not written here, but rather, “each from his place” – from the place that was established for them in Gehenna. They were spared and rescued from it.
We have found that [people] went to a house of feasting and the Divine Spirit did not rest upon them; this is Og. Job’s three comrades went to a house of mourning and the Divine Spirit rested upon them. That is what is written: “Elifaz answered” (Job 4:1), “Bildad answered” (Job 8:1). It is taught in the name of Rabbi Meir: Any place where answering [aniya], saying [amira], and so [ko, kakha] are stated, these statements were made in the sacred tongue and with [the inspiration of] the Divine Spirit.
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