Job 8
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?
How long will thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
5 If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,
if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
8 For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
9 (For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
10 Do they not shew thee — speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?
Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?
12 While it [is] in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.
15 He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
16 Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
His roots are wrapped around the stone heap. He beholds the place of stones.
18 If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.
20 Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evildoers.
21 While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
22 Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
