Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
4 If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
5 If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
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 are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
11 Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
14 Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18 If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21 Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
