Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
And 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 wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over 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 seek earnestly unto 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 be pure and upright, surely now he will 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 thine end shall be very great.
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 generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
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, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
Shall not they 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?
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
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 that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance 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, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth 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 destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: 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 dust shall others grow.
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.
