Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
How long will thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
13 So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
His roots are wrapped around the stone heap. He beholds the place of stones.
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evildoers.
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
