A name from Scripture
Bildad
BIL-dad
Meaning
Son of contention; Bel has loved
Hebrew/Akkadian origin · Boy · First in Job
What it points to
Bildad — armed with inherited tradition — spoke truths that became cruelties when misapplied. His story warns that secondhand theology without personal compassion can wound the very people it claims to help.
Verses · King James Version
“Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression.”
Job 8:3-4
“For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers.”
Job 8:8