< Job 8 >
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
2 Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?
till where? to speak these and spirit: breath mighty word lip your
3 Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
God to pervert justice and if Almighty to pervert righteousness
4 If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of 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 dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,
if you(m. s.) to seek to(wards) God and to(wards) Almighty be gracious
6 If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
if pure and upright you(m. s.) for now to rouse upon you and to complete pasture righteousness your
7 And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.
and to be first: beginning your little and end your to increase much
8 For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
for to ask please to/for generation first: previous and to establish: right to/for search father their
9 (For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
for yesterday we and not to know for shadow day our upon land: country/planet
10 Do they not shew thee — speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?
not they(masc.) to show you to say to/for you and from heart their to come out: speak speech
11 'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
to rise up reed in/on/with not swamp to grow meadow without water
12 While it [is] in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.
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 forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
so way all to forget God and hope profane to perish
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
which to cut off loin his and house: home spider confidence his
15 He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.
to lean upon house: home his and not to stand: stand to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and not to arise: establish
16 Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
fresh he/she/it to/for face: before sun and upon garden his shoot his to come out: issue
17 By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
upon heap root his to interweave place stone to see
18 If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, 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 Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
look! he/she/it rejoicing way: conduct his and from dust another to spring
20 Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.
look! God not to reject complete and not to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand: power be evil
21 While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
till to fill laughter lip your and lips your shout
22 Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
to hate you to clothe shame and tent wicked nothing he