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Job 8

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 "How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

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

3 Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

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

4 If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.

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

5 If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,

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

6 If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

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

7 Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.

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

8 "For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

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

9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.

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

10 Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

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

11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

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

12 While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.

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

13 So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

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

14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web.

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

15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

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

16 He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

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

17 His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.

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

18 If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'

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 others will grow.

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

20 Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

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

22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."

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