Job 8:1-9 ▼

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 ancestors discovered,

9 since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.