Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
Then 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 will you say these things? How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
Your children have sinned against him; we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins.
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request 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 you are pure and upright, then he would surely stir himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
Even though your beginning was small, still your final condition would be much greater.
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
Please ask the former generations, and give your attention to what our ancestors learned.
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
(We were only born yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are a shadow).
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Will they not teach you and tell you? Will they not speak words from their hearts?
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
While they are still green and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
So also are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
His confidence will break apart, and his trust is as weak as 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 leans on his house, but it will not support him; he takes hold of it, but it does not stand.
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
Under the sun he is green, and his shoots go out over his entire garden.
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; they look for good places among the rocks.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
But if this person is destroyed out of his place, then that place will deny him and say, 'I never saw you.'
19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
See, this is the “joy” of such a person's behavior; other plants will sprout out of the same soil in his place.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
See, God will not cast away an innocent man; neither will he take the hand of evildoers.
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
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 shame; the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
