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Job 8

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1 Bildad the Shuchi spoke next:
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 "How long will you go on talking like this? What you are saying is raging wind!
2 “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
3 Does God distort judgment? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 If your children sinned against him, he left them to be victims of their own offense.
4 When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5 "If you will earnestly seek God and plead for Shaddai's favor,
5 But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
6 if you are pure and upright; then he will rouse himself for you and fulfill your needs.
6 if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.
7 Then, although your beginnings were small, your future will be very great indeed.
7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
8 "Ask the older generation, and consider what their ancestors found out;
8 “Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we who were born yesterday know nothing, our days on earth are but a shadow.
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 They will teach you, they will tell you, they will say what is in their hearts:
10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
11 'Can papyrus grow except in a marsh? Can swamp grass flourish without water?
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
12 While still green, before being cut down, it dries up faster than any other plant.
12 While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of a hypocrite will perish -
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
14 his confidence is mere gossamer, his trust a spider's web.
14 What they trust in is fragile ; what they rely on is a spider’s web.
15 He can lean on his house, but it won't stand; he can hold on to it, but it won't last;
15 They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.
16 [for its destruction will come] like the lush growth of a plant in the sun, its shoots may spread out all over its garden,
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
17 but meanwhile its roots cause the stone house to collapse, as it seizes hold of the rocks;
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
18 someone who tears it away from its place denies he has ever seen it.
18 But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Yes, this is the "joy" of the way [of the godless], and out of the dust will spring up others [like him].'
19 Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
20 "Look, God will not reject a blameless man; nor will he uphold wrongdoers.
20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist."
22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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