Job 8
1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 How long will you speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of your mouth [be] abundant in words?
“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
6 If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
7 Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great.
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 shall not these teach you, and report [to you], and bring out words from [their] heart?
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast you not seen such things,
If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
