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Job 8

1 Then Bildad, the Shuhite, answered and said,

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 How long wilt thou speak such things and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

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

3 Shall God pervert that which is right or shall the Almighty pervert justice?

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

4 Because thy sons sinned against him, he cast them away in the place of their rebellion;

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

5 if thou would seek God early and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

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

6 if thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake upon thee and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

6 if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

7 In such a way that thy beginning would have been small, in comparison to the great increase of thy latter.

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

8 Ask, I pray thee, of the former age, and be willing to enquire of thy fathers regarding them;

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

9 for we are but of yesterday and know nothing because our days upon earth are as a shadow.

9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Shall they not teach thee and tell thee and utter these words out of their heart?

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

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the meadow grow without water?

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

12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.

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

13 So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish.

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

14 For his hope shall be cut off, and his trust is a spider’s web.

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

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

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

16 Like a tree, he is green before the sun, and his branches go forth over his garden;

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

17 his roots weave themselves around a spring and secure themselves even in a stony place.

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, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

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

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth from where he was transplanted, others shall grow.

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

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man; neither will he help the evil doers.

20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouts of joy.

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

22 Those that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

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