Job 8
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
2 “Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?
3 Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
4 If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
5 If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,
6 If you [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
7 And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.
8 For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their fathers,
For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
9 For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
10 Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
Do they not shew thee — speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?
11 Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
12 While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
While it [is] in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.
13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
15 He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
16 He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
17 His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
18 If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
20 Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
21 While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
22 Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
