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Job 8

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

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

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

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

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

9 since we were [born only] yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?

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

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

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

14 His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

4 If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.

5 If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy,

6 if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.

7 And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.

8 “For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out.

9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

10 Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?

11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?

12 While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.

13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.

14 His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web.

15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

16 He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.

17 His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.

18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you. ’

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring.

20 “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more. ”