Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:
2"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?2"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?
3"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
6If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.
7"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.
8"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.8"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;
9"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
10"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
11"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?11Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
12"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!
13"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,
14Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web.
15"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
16"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.16He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.
17"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.17It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.
18"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!'
19"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.
20"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.20"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.
21"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.
22"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
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