Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?

4 If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

If your children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If you would seek to God betimes, and make your supplication to the Almighty;

6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow: )

10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it wither before any other herb.

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

16 He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.

17 His roots are wrapped about the [stone]-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees the place of stones.

18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen you.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.