Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?2"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?3"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.4"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
5If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,5"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
6if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.6If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
7And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.7"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
8“For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.8"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
9For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.9"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
10Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?10"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
11“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?11"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
12While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.12"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
13Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.13"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
14His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.14Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
15He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.15"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
16He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.16"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
17His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.17"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’18"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring.19"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
20“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.20"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.21"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”22"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."
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