Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
How long will thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
5 If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,
14 Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
His roots are wrapped around the stone heap. He beholds the place of stones.
18 If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evildoers.
21 Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
