Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
2 How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
3 Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
4 As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
5 But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty, —
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
6 If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
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 So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
9 (For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow; )
(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
10 Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
11 “Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
12 While it is yet in its greenness, and is 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 Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.
So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
14 His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove 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, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, 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 in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
17 His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18 When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
19 Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21 While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,
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 dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
