Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,

Then responded 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 wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?

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

Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?

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

Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

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

Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

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, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:

7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.

So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!

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

For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —

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

For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:

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

Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?

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

Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?

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

Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:

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

So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:

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

Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:

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 leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.

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

Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:

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

Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;

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

If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.

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

Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.

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

Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:

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

At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:

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

They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!