Job 8 (NLT)

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job: 2 "How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.
I thought Job was doing good! He speaks well of God, even in his limited understanding of God.  Granted, I'm not a bible scholar by any means, so I probably don't have the understanding as others do... My opinion is that Job has not been sounding like a blustering wind! Did any of them know what the Devil had said or what God had said!??
3 Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
4 Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.
Your children must have sinned - Job did offerings for them...
It all comes down to the information you have access to! The Devil is out to make Job curse God! It had nothing to do with his children! Why would this guy tell a grieving father that his children deserved their deaths? Whether they did or not, you hold your tongue when it comes to grief! To Bildad, as a mother who's oldest daughter has died, I send you a slap!

5 But if you pray to God and seek the favour of the Almighty, 6 and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home. 7 And though you started with little, you will end with much.
Am I really reading this? This guy knows a little about God! And while God may give a person all kinds of things if they are righteous and pray... But that's up to God! Personally, I'd rather seek Gods face, not His favour! I'd rather seek a relationship with God then seeking for what His hand can give me! Because I know that my God will supply all my needs, because He knows all I need! What better way to be than to seek Gods face, and let Him decided what to give me! Besides, isn't salvation the greatest gift we have been given?

8 "Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
For me, If I were to ask my previous generations, they would be able to successfully tell me how to live in sin!! I'm not sure if any of them knew God! I could be wrong, I've never met any of them!
9 For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow. -too true!! God alone knows how long each of us will be on this planet! He ordained our days for us before one of them came to be (read psalm 139).
10 But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old. One question here, is this "wisdom of old", mans wisdom or Gods wisdom? If its mans wisdom, then its useless!!
11 "Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water? 12 While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass. 13 The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate. 14 Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider's web. 15 They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure. 16 The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden. 17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks. 18 But when it is uprooted, it's as though it never existed! 19 That's the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
Is this guy trying to tell Job he is godless?? Lets go back to chapter 1, verse 1, shall we?? "There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless-- a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil." As far as I understand, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom!
 20 "But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked. 21 He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed."
Now this, I like!

While Bildad got some things right, it still sounds to me like he's talking through a hole in his head!

You can't make judgments on people! (1 "Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. 2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. Matthew 7:1-3 NLT).  Only God knows the whole story! For only God knows a mans thoughts and what he hides in the secret places in his heart!