Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:1Then in response, Bildad from Shuah 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 keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?
3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right?
4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.4"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.
5If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,5If you seek God, if you ask 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 clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.
7Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.7Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.
8“For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;8"Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.
9For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.9Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
10Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?10Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?
11“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?11"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
12While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.12While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.
13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,13Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
14Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.14his confidence is shattered; his trust is in 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 won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.
16He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.16He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.
17His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.17Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.
18If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’18If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.'
19“Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.19"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.
20Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.20Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.21He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.
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 no longer exist.
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