Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech 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 wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the 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 that our days upon earth are but a shadow: )
10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web.
His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
