Job 8
1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
Doth El pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
If thou wouldest seek unto El betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
10 shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
So are the paths of all that forget El; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
Behold, El will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
