Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2“How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?2“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.4If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
5If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,5If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
6If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.6if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
7Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.7And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
8“For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;8“For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.
9For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.9For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
10Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?10Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?
11“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?11“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
12While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.12While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,13Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
14Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.14His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.
15He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.15He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.16He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.
17His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.17His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.
18If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
19“Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring.
20Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.20“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.”22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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