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Job 8

Common English Bible CEB

1 Bildad from Shuah responded:

2 How long will you mouth such things such that your utterances become a strong wind?

3 Does God pervert justice, or does the Almighty distort what is right?

4 If your children sinned against him, then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.

5 If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty.

6 If you are pure and do the right thing, then surely he will become active on your behalf and reward your innocent dwelling.

7 Although your former state was ordinary, your future will be extraordinary.

8 Ask a previous generation and verify the findings of your ancestors,

9 for we are only recently here and don't know because our days on earth are a shadow.

10 Won't they instruct you and tell you; will words not proceed from their hearts?

11 Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? Does a reed flourish without water?

12 While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass.

13 So are the paths of all who forget God. Hope perishes for the godless,

14 whose confidence is a fragile thing, their trust, a spider's web.

15 He leans on its web, and it doesn't stand; grasps it, and it can't remain in place.

16 It's like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.

17 Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks, for it sees a home among stones.

18 If it's uprooted from its place, it lies, saying, "I can't see you."

19 Surely its way is a joy, for from the dust other plants sprout.

20 Surely God won't reject integrity, won't strengthen the hand of the wicked.

21 He will still fill your mouth with joy, your lips with a victorious shout.

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will vanish.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:

2 "How can you keep on talking like this? You're talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that.

3 Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards?

4 It's plain that your children sinned against him - otherwise, why would God have punished them?

5 Here's what you must do - and don't put it off any longer: Get down on your knees before God Almighty.

6 If you're as innocent and upright as you say, it's not too late - he'll come running; he'll set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes.

7 Even though you're not much right now, you'll end up better than ever. To Hang Your Life from One Thin Thread

8 "Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors.

9 For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it.

10 So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what's what, instruct you in what they knew from experience?

11 Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water?

12 Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.

13 That's what happens to all who forget God - all their hopes come to nothing.

14 They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web.

15 One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses.

16 Or they're like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden,

17 Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks.

18 But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit.

19 The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.

20 "There's no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he'll help a bad one.

21 God will let you laugh again; you'll raise the roof with shouts of joy,

22 With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed."