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Job 8

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Bildad the Shuchi spoke next:

2 "How long will you go on talking like this? What you are saying is raging wind!

3 Does God distort judgment? Does Shaddai pervert justice?

4 If your children sinned against him, he left them to be victims of their own offense.

5 "If you will earnestly seek God and plead for Shaddai's favor,

6 if you are pure and upright; then he will rouse himself for you and fulfill your needs.

7 Then, although your beginnings were small, your future will be very great indeed.

8 "Ask the older generation, and consider what their ancestors found out;

9 for we who were born yesterday know nothing, 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:

11 'Can papyrus grow except in a marsh? Can swamp grass flourish without water?

12 While still green, before being cut down, it dries up faster than any other plant.

13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of a hypocrite will perish -

14 his confidence is mere gossamer, his trust 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;

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,

17 but meanwhile its roots cause the stone house to collapse, as it seizes hold of the rocks;

18 someone who tears it away from its place denies he has ever seen it.

19 Yes, this is the "joy" of the way [of the godless], and out of the dust will spring up others [like him].'

20 "Look, God will not reject a blameless man; nor will he uphold wrongdoers.

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."

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

2 How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

4 If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

5 If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;

6 If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

7 And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

10 Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?

11 Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?

12 When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.

13 So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

14 Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

15 He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.

16 He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.

17 His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

18 If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

20 Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

21 The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.

22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.