Job 8:1-13 ▼

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.