Job 8
8
Bildad Speaks to Job
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2“How long will you say such things?
Your words are no more than wind.
3God does not twist justice;
the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.
4Your children sinned against God,
and he punished them for their sins.
5But you should ask God for help
and pray to the Almighty for mercy.
6If you are good and honest,
he will stand up for you
and bring you back where you belong.
7Where you began will seem unimportant,
because your future will be so successful.
8“Ask old people;
find out what their ancestors learned,
9because we were only born yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are only a shadow.
10Those people will teach you and tell you
and speak about what they know.
11Papyrus plants cannot grow where there is no swamp,
and reeds cannot grow tall without water.
12While they are still growing and not yet cut,
they will dry up quicker than grass.
13That is what will happen to those who forget God;
the hope of the wicked will be gone.
14What they hope in is easily broken;
what they trust is like a spider’s web.
15They lean on the spider’s web, but it breaks.
They grab it, but it does not hold up.
16They are like well-watered plants in the sunshine
that spread their roots all through the garden.
17They wrap their roots around a pile of rocks
and look for a place among the stones.
18But if a plant is torn from its place,
then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19Now joy has gone away;
other plants grow up from the same dirt.
20“Surely God does not reject the innocent
or give strength to those who do evil.
21God will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
22Your enemies will be covered with shame,
and the tents of the wicked will be gone.”
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Job 8
8
Bildad Says God Rewards the Good
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3“Does God pervert justice?
Or does #8:3 Heb Shaddai.the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4“If your children have sinned against Him,
Then He has handed them over to the power of their transgression and punished them.
5“If you would [diligently] seek God
And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty,
6Then, if you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will awaken for you
And restore your righteous place.
7“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will greatly increase.
8¶“Inquire, please, of past generations,
And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.
9“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
10“Will they (the fathers) not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their hearts [the deepest part of their nature]?
11¶“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
12“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
13“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
14For his confidence is fragile and breaks,
And his trust is [like] a spider’s web.
15“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.
16“He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun,
And his branches spread out over his garden.
17“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.
18“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
19“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And from out of the dust others will spring up and grow [to take his place].
20“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.
21“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].
22“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”
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