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Job 8

Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX

1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

2 How long wilt thou speak these things, the breath of thy mouth abundant in words?

3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

4 If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

5 But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

6 If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

7 Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of fathers:

9 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)

10 shall not these teach thee, and report , and bring out words from heart?

11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

12 When it is yet on the root, and it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

15 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.

18 If should destroy , his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.

New International Version NIV

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

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

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

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

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

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