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Job 8

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 How long will you go on saying these things? Your words are a blast of wind.

2 “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

4 Since your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

4 When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

5 But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

5 But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

6 if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

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, even if your beginnings were modest, your final days will be full of prosperity.

7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

8 For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

8 “Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

9 since we were [born only] yesterday and 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 Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?

10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

12 While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any [other] plant.

12 While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

14 His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider's web.

14 What they trust in is fragile ; what they rely on is a spider’s web.

15 He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

15 They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

16 He is an amply watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny [knowing] him, saying, "I never saw you."

18 But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’

19 Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.

19 Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

20 Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and He will not support evildoers.

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 a shout of joy.

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will exist no longer.

22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”