Job 8:1-9 ▼

1 Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],

2 |How long will you say these things? How long will your words be so windy?

3 Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness?

4 If your children sinned against him, he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness.

5 If you search for God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,

6 if you are moral and ethical, then he will rise up on your behalf and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.

7 Then what you had in the past will seem small compared with the great prosperity you'll have in the future.

8 |Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned.

9 We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing. Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.