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 wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth 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, 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 thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, 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 [wert] 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!
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy 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 thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself 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 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 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 withereth 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 shooteth 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] 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, [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 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 thy mouth with laughing, and thy 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 thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
