Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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 mighty wind?
3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?3"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.4"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
5If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,5"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
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 now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
7Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.7"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
8“For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;8"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
9For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because 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 from their heart?10"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
11“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?11"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
12While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.12"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,13"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
14Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.14Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
15He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, 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 grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.16"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
17His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the 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 not seen you.’18"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
19“Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.19"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
20Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.20"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.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 dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.”22"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."
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