Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak such things? 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 Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty, —
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the 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 know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
10 Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 “Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14 His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove a spider's web.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
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 lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, 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 shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
