Job 8
1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2 How long will you speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of your mouth [be] abundant in words?
How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.
5 But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty, —
6 If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.
If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
7 Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great.
So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
(For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow; )
10 shall not these teach you, and report [to you], and bring out words from [their] heart?
Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
“Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow 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 it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.
14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove 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 shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, but it shall not endure.
16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast you not seen such things,
When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”
20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.
21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,
22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, And the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.
