< Job 8 >

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
till where? to speak these and spirit: breath mighty word lip your
3 Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
God to pervert justice and if Almighty to pervert righteousness
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression;
if son: child your to sin to/for him and to send: let go them in/on/with hand: power transgression their
5 If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
if you(m. s.) to seek to(wards) God and to(wards) Almighty be gracious
6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
if pure and upright you(m. s.) for now to rouse upon you and to complete pasture righteousness your
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
and to be first: beginning your little and end your to increase much
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
for to ask please to/for generation first: previous and to establish: right to/for search father their
9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow: )
for yesterday we and not to know for shadow day our upon land: country/planet
10 Will they not teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
not they(masc.) to show you to say to/for you and from heart their to come out: speak speech
11 Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?
to rise up reed in/on/with not swamp to grow meadow without water
12 Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
still he in/on/with greenery his not to pluck and to/for face: before all grass to wither
13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
so way all to forget God and hope profane to perish
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.
which to cut off loin his and house: home spider confidence his
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
to lean upon house: home his and not to stand: stand to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and not to arise: establish
16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
fresh he/she/it to/for face: before sun and upon garden his shoot his to come out: issue
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
upon heap root his to interweave place stone to see
18 If he shall destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
if to swallow up him from place his and to deceive in/on/with him not to see: see you
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
look! he/she/it rejoicing way: conduct his and from dust another to spring
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
look! God not to reject complete and not to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand: power be evil
21 Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
till to fill laughter lip your and lips your shout
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught.
to hate you to clothe shame and tent wicked nothing he

< Job 8 >