Job 8
1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
Then responded 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? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
4 If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
5 But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
6 If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
7 Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
10 shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?
Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, 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?
Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
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 leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
