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Job 8

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,

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

2 "Job, how long will you talk like that? Your words don't have any meaning.

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

3 Does God ever treat people unfairly? Does the Mighty One make what is wrong appear to be right?

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

4 Your children sinned against him. So he punished them for their sin.

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

5 But look to God. Make your appeal to the Mighty One.

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

6 Be pure and honest. And he will rise up and help you now. He'll return you to the place where you belong.

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

7 In the past, things went well with you. But in days to come, things will get even better.

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

8 "Find out what your people who lived long ago taught. Discover what those who lived before them learned.

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

9 After all, we were born only yesterday. So we don't know anything. Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.

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

10 Won't your people of long ago teach you and tell you? Won't the things they said help you understand?

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

11 Can grass grow tall where there isn't any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn't any water?

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

12 While they are still growing and haven't been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.

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

13 The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God. The hope of ungodly people dies out.

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

14 What they trust in is very weak. What they depend on is like a spider's web.

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

15 A person leans on it, but it falls apart. He holds on to it, but it gives way.

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

16 He is like a plant in the sunshine that receives plenty of water. It spreads its new growth all over the garden.

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

17 It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks. It tries to find places to grow among the stones.

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

18 But when a plant is pulled up from its spot, that place says, 'I never saw you.'

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

19 The life of that plant is sure to dry up. But from the same soil other plants will grow.

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

20 "I'm sure God doesn't turn his back on anyone who is honest. And he doesn't help those who do what is evil.

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

21 He will fill your mouth with laughter. Shouts of joy will come from your lips.

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

22 Your enemies will put on shame as if it were clothes. The tents of sinful people will be gone."