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Job 8

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 Bildad the Shuchi spoke next:

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

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

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

3 Does God distort judgment? Does Shaddai pervert justice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 for we who were born yesterday know nothing, 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?

10 They will teach you, they will tell you, they will say what is in their hearts:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 his confidence is mere gossamer, his trust a spider's web.

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

15 He can lean on his house, but it won't stand; he can hold on to it, but it won't last;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist."