Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

2 Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?

How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?

3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

6 If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.

If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.

For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )

10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?

11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

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?

13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.

For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

15 He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.

18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,

If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.

that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,

For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.

But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.