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Job 8

Young's Literal Translation YLT

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

2 Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?

3 Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

4 If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

5 If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,

6 If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.

7 And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.

8 For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

9 (For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)

10 Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

11 `Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

12 While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.

13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

15 He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.

16 Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

17 By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

18 If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!

19 Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

20 Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.

21 While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,

22 Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 How long will you go on saying these things? Your words are a blast of wind.

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

4 Since your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

5 But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

6 if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

7 Then, even if your beginnings were modest, your final days will be full of prosperity.

8 For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

9 since we were [born only] yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?

11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

12 While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any [other] plant.

13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

14 His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider's web.

15 He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

16 He is an amply watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.

18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny [knowing] him, saying, "I never saw you."

19 Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.

20 Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and He will not support evildoers.

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

22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will exist no longer.