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Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said:

1 Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],

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

2 "How long will you say these things? How long will your words be so windy?

3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

3 Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness?

4 If thy children have sinned against Him and He have cast them away for their transgression,

4 If your children sinned against him, he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness.

5 if thou wouldest seek unto God speedily and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

5 If you search for God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,

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

6 if you are moral and ethical, then he will rise up on your behalf and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.

7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

7 Then what you had in the past will seem small compared with the great prosperity you'll have in the future.

8 "For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself for the searching of their fathers;

8 "Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned.

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

9 We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing. Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.

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

10 Won't their words teach you? Won't they share their thoughts with you?

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

11 "Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?

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

12 Even if they were fresh and not cut, they would wither quicker than grass.

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

13 The same thing happens to all who forget God. The hope of the godless dies.

14 whose hope shall be cut off and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

14 His confidence is easily shattered. His trust 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 If one leans on his house, it collapses. If one holds on to it, it will not support his weight.

16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine. The shoots spread over his garden.

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

17 Its roots weave through a pile of stones. They cling to a stone house.

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, `I have not seen thee.'

18 But when it is uprooted from its place, [the ground] denies it [and says], 'I never saw you!'

19 Behold, this is the joy of His way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

19 That is its joy in this life, and others sprout from the same ground to [take its place].

20 "Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will He help the evildoers,

20 "Certainly, God does not reject a person of integrity or give a helping hand to wicked people.

21 till He fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing.

21 He will fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with happy shouting.

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

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