Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
“Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
If you [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their fathers,
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
11 Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase 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] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
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 forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, 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 from the dust others spring up.
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
