Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, 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 [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
If thou wilt earnestly seek for 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 become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
And thy beginning will have been small; because thy latter end will grow up greatly.
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to [stand by] the research 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, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth; —
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Can the bulrush shoot upward without mire? can the meadow-grass grow up without water?
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when 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 hope of the hypocrite will perish:
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
[It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider's web is that in which he confideth.
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 leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never 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 [same] dust others will grow up.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil-doers:
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with joyful 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 shall be no more.
