Job responds to Bildad by acknowledging that he knows Bildad's arguments are true in principle, yet the fundamental problem remains: how can a mortal be righteous before God? Job's opening acceptance of the theoretical truth of Bildad's claims coupled with his interrogation of their application reveals his position: the problem is not that the friends' theology is false but that it fails to account for the reality of innocent suffering.

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