Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, 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 you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
If your children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
If you would seek unto God early, and make your 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 you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
For enquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search 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, 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 not they teach you, and tell you, 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 the flag 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 his 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 that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be 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 it fast, 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 branch shoots forth in his garden.
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees 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, saying, I have not seen you.
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 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 away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.
