Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?"
Job 18:1-3They are counted stupid in Job's sight because they are stupid. Stupid means not intelligent; having or showing a lack of ability to learn and understand things.
My mother taught me not to use that word, but what if it applies? What if that is the only word that fits the occasion?
What makes this even more tragic is that these people had the same opportunity as Job to get things right, but they got it wrong for some reason. These three friends of Job's were great friends who were stupid.
If you use the word correctly, it's good, because it helps you grasp what is going on. Anyone who adds or subtracts from God's truth is stupid, even me when I do such things.
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