Job 8 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said: Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 |How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm? “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right? Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 |If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins. If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression. When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5 If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy, If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
6 if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place. if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation. if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.
7 Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great. And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great. Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
8 |Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out. “For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out. “Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow. For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart? Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding? Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
11 |Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water? Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
12 While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant. While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant. While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
13 Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed: Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
14 his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web. His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web. What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web.
15 He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last. He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure. They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.
16 He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden. He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden. They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
17 Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks. His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones. it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
18 If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.' If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’ But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19 |Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout. Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring. Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
20 Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil. “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers. “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
21 He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting. 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 tent of the wicked will no longer exist. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.” Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
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