Job 8 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י וַיֹאמַֽר׃‪‬	Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:	Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2	עַד־ אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־ אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־ פִֽיךָ׃	“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	הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־ שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־ צֶֽדֶק׃	Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?	Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4	אִם־ בָּנֶ֥יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־ ל֑וֹ וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם בְּיַד־ פִּשְׁעָֽם׃	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	אִם־ אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־ אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־ שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃	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	אִם־ זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־ עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃	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	וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃	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	כִּֽי־ שְׁאַל־ נָ֭א לְדֹ֣ר רִישׁ֑וֹן וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן לְחֵ֣קֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃	“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	כִּֽי־ תְמ֣וֹל אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע כִּ֤י צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃	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	הֲלֹא־ הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃	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	הֲיִֽגְאֶה־ גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־ אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־ מָֽיִם׃	“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	עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־ חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃	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	כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־ שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃	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	אֲשֶׁר־ יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃	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	יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־ בֵּ֭יתוֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בּ֝֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃	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	רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי־ שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא׃	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	עַל־ גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃	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	אִם־ יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ מִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹ וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בּ֝֗וֹ לֹ֣א רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃	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	הֶן־ ה֭וּא מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר אַחֵ֥ר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃	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	הֶן־ אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־ תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־ יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־ מְרֵעִֽים׃	“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	עַד־ יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃	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	שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־ בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ פ	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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