Job 8:1-10 ▼

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:

2 |How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

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

4 If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

5 But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

6 if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

7 Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

8 |For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?