Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, 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 will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the 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 you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like 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.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
