Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said: 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
2"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind? 2“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.
3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? 3Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. 4Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.
5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, 5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,
6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode. 6and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish. 7And though you started with little, you will end with much.
8"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; 8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. 9For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding? 10But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.
11Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? 11“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass! 12While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, 13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web. 14Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand. 15They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
16He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden. 16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.
17It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones. 17Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!' 18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!
19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up. 19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
20"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers. 20“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness. 21He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more." 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”
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