Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?

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

3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

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

4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

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

5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

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

6 If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse 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 be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

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

8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.

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

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

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

10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

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

11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?

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

12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.

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

13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.

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

14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.

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

15 He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

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

16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

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

17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

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

18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,

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

19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.

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

20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,

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

21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.

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

22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.

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