איוב 8

1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַֽר׃

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

2 עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?

3 הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

4 אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃

If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

5 אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃

Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

6 אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.

7 וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃

And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

8 כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.

9 כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

10 הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃

Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

11 הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

12 עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

13 כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

14 אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.

15 יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃

He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

16 רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃

The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

17 עַל־גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

18 אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃

If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,

19 הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃

Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.

20 הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃

Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,

21 עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃

Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.

22 שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.