Job 8
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
2 “How much longer will you go on talking like this? The words coming out of your mouth are a lot of hot air!
till where? to speak these and spirit: breath mighty word lip your
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
God to pervert justice and if Almighty to pervert righteousness
4 Your children must have sinned against him, and so they deserved the punishment he inflicted on them.
if son: child your to sin to/for him and to send: let go them in/on/with hand: power transgression their
5 But if you pray to God and ask for his help,
if you(m. s.) to seek to(wards) God and to(wards) Almighty be gracious
6 if you live a clean life and do what is right, then he would act to make things right for you in your home.
if pure and upright you(m. s.) for now to rouse upon you and to complete pasture righteousness your
7 Though you began with next to nothing, you will end up with so much!
and to be first: beginning your little and end your to increase much
8 Why don't you ask what previous generations discovered, examine what our ancestors found out? We were born yesterday and don't know anything!
for to ask please to/for generation first: previous and to establish: right to/for search father their
9 Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.
for yesterday we and not to know for shadow day our upon land: country/planet
10 Won't they teach you and explain what they know?
not they(masc.) to show you to say to/for you and from heart their to come out: speak speech
11 Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
to rise up reed in/on/with not swamp to grow meadow without water
12 Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass.
still he in/on/with greenery his not to pluck and to/for face: before all grass to wither
13 This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing.
so way all to forget God and hope profane to perish
14 Their confidence is like holding on to a flimsy spider's web.
which to cut off loin his and house: home spider confidence his
15 They look to their home to provide security, but it provides no support. They try to hang onto it, but it doesn't last.
to lean upon house: home his and not to stand: stand to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and not to arise: establish
16 Those who live without God are like a luxuriant plant growing in the sun, spreading its shoots all over the garden.
fresh he/she/it to/for face: before sun and upon garden his shoot his to come out: issue
17 It twists its roots down through the stones, and holds on to rock.
upon heap root his to interweave place stone to see
18 But when it's cut down, the place where it was disowns it, saying, ‘I never even saw you.’
if to swallow up him from place his and to deceive in/on/with him not to see: see you
19 Its life is over, and others spring up from the earth to take its place.
look! he/she/it rejoicing way: conduct his and from dust another to spring
20 Look, God doesn't reject someone who is innocent, and he doesn't support those who are guilty.
look! God not to reject complete and not to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand: power be evil
21 He can make you laugh with happiness again and shout for joy.
till to fill laughter lip your and lips your shout
22 Those who hate you will be put to shame, and the place where the wicked live will be destroyed.”
to hate you to clothe shame and tent wicked nothing he
