This is the final argument that Job's friends make against him. Bildah now moves from general charges about Job's personal sin to a general argument against all mankind. Bibldah says that no one is born perfect or sinless. This must in his mind still Justify his charge that everything that has happened to Job is Job's fault. It reminds me of those who rather than condemning others are trying to justify themselves and say, no one is perfect so don't judge me. That argument is just as weak as this one.
Yes, Bildah is correct no one is born perfect before God. We all are born with sin, but Job as we have read in the first chapters has offered sacrifice for those sins and God said he was blameless. Of course, Bildah wasn't privy to the conversation between God and the Devil but we know and can accept it. We aren't told but perhaps Bildah is reading his own life and sinfulness into the life of Job. Whatever his reasons Job's comforters once again don't convenience Job he deserves what has happened to him as we will see.
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