Job 8
1 and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 till where? to speak these and spirit: breath mighty word lip your
“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 God to pervert justice and if Almighty to pervert righteousness
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 if son: child your to sin to/for him and to send: let go them in/on/with hand: power transgression their
If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
5 if you(m. s.) to seek to(wards) God and to(wards) Almighty be gracious
If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
6 if pure and upright you(m. s.) for now to rouse upon you and to complete pasture righteousness your
If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
7 and to be first: beginning your little and end your to increase much
Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
8 for to ask please to/for generation first: previous and to establish: right to/for search father their
“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
9 for yesterday we and not to know for shadow day our upon land: country/planet
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
10 not they(masc.) to show you to say to/for you and from heart their to come out: speak speech
Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
11 to rise up reed in/on/with not swamp to grow meadow without water
“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
12 still he in/on/with greenery his not to pluck and to/for face: before all grass to wither
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
13 so way all to forget God and hope profane to perish
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
14 which to cut off loin his and house: home spider confidence his
whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
15 to lean upon house: home his and not to stand: stand to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and not to arise: establish
He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
16 fresh he/she/it to/for face: before sun and upon garden his shoot his to come out: issue
He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.
17 upon heap root his to interweave place stone to see
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
18 if to swallow up him from place his and to deceive in/on/with him not to see: see you
If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
19 look! he/she/it rejoicing way: conduct his and from dust another to spring
Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.
20 look! God not to reject complete and not to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand: power be evil
“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
21 till to fill laughter lip your and lips your shout
He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
22 to hate you to clothe shame and tent wicked nothing he
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
