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Job 8
[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
[2] “How long will you speak these things?
Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
[3] Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
[4] If your children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
[5] If you want to seek God diligently,
make your supplication to the Almighty.
[6] If you were pure and upright,
surely now he would awaken for you,
and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
[7] Though your beginning was small,
yet your latter end would greatly increase. [8] “Please inquire of past generations.
Find out about the learning of their fathers.
[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.)
[10] Shall they not teach you, tell you,
and utter words out of their heart? [11] “Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
Can the rushes grow without water?
[12] While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,
it withers before any other reed.
[13] So are the paths of all who forget God.
The hope of the godless man will perish,
[14] whose confidence will break apart,
whose trust is a spider’s web.
[15] He will lean on his house, but it will not stand.
He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
[16] He is green before the sun.
His shoots go out along his garden.
[17] His roots are wrapped around the rock pile.
He sees the place of stones.
[18] If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
[19] Behold, this is the joy of his way.
Out of the earth, others will spring. [20] “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man,
neither will he uphold the evildoers.
[21] He will still fill your mouth with laughter,
your lips with shouting.
[22] Those who hate you will be clothed with shame.
The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
[2] “How long will you speak these things?
Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
[3] Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
[4] If your children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
[5] If you want to seek God diligently,
make your supplication to the Almighty.
[6] If you were pure and upright,
surely now he would awaken for you,
and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
[7] Though your beginning was small,
yet your latter end would greatly increase. [8] “Please inquire of past generations.
Find out about the learning of their fathers.
[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.)
[10] Shall they not teach you, tell you,
and utter words out of their heart? [11] “Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
Can the rushes grow without water?
[12] While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,
it withers before any other reed.
[13] So are the paths of all who forget God.
The hope of the godless man will perish,
[14] whose confidence will break apart,
whose trust is a spider’s web.
[15] He will lean on his house, but it will not stand.
He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
[16] He is green before the sun.
His shoots go out along his garden.
[17] His roots are wrapped around the rock pile.
He sees the place of stones.
[18] If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
[19] Behold, this is the joy of his way.
Out of the earth, others will spring. [20] “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man,
neither will he uphold the evildoers.
[21] He will still fill your mouth with laughter,
your lips with shouting.
[22] Those who hate you will be clothed with shame.
The tent of the wicked will be no more.”