Job 8:1-13 ▼

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 “How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

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

4 If your sons sinned against Him, Then He sent them into the power of their transgression.

5 If you would seek God earnestly And plead for the grace of the Almighty,

6 If you are pure and upright, Indeed now He would rouse Himself for you And make your righteous abode at peace.

7 Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.

8 “Please ask of past generations, And establish the things searched out by their fathers.

9 For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are but a shadow.

10 Will they not instruct you and tell you, And bring forth words from their hearts?

11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

12 While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it dries up before any other plant.

13 So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,