Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7And though you started with little, you will end with much.7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.
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