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Job 8

1 Bildad from Shuah responded:

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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

2 "How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

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

3 Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

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

4 If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.

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

5 If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to 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.

6 If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

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

7 Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.

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

8 "For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

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

9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.

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

10 Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

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

11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

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

12 While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.

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

13 So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

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

14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web.

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

15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

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

16 He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

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

17 His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.

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

18 If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'

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

19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.

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

20 Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

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

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."