Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
And Bildad the Shuhite 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? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to 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 thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is 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 shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.
