Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
2 Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
“Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
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 [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search 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] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
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 leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
