Job 8
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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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The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 2005 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Job 8
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said, 2“How much longer will you go on talking like this? The words coming out of your mouth are a lot of hot air!#8:2. “A lot of hot air”: literally, “a strong wind.” 3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4Your children must have sinned against him, and so they deserved the punishment he inflicted on them. 5But if you pray to God and ask for his help, 6if you live a clean life and do what is right, then he would act to make things right for you in your home.#8:6. Literally, “restore your rightful habitation.” 7Though you began with next to nothing, you will end up with so much!
8Why don't you ask what previous generations discovered, examine what our ancestors found out? We were born yesterday and don't know anything! 9Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow. 10Won't they#8:10. “They—referring to the ancestors mentioned in verse 8.” teach you and explain what they know? 11Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds grow without water? 12Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass. 13This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing. 14Their confidence is like holding on#8:14. In the sense of “for support.” to a flimsy spider's web. 15They look to their home to provide security, but it provides no support. They try to hang onto it, but it doesn't last. 16Those who live without God are like a luxuriant plant growing in the sun, spreading its shoots all over the garden. 17It twists its roots down through the stones, and holds on to rock. 18But when it's cut down, the place where it was disowns it, saying, ‘I never even saw you.’ 19Its life is over, and others spring up from the earth to take its place.
20Look, God doesn't reject someone who is innocent, and he doesn't support those who are guilty. 21He can make you laugh with happiness again and shout for joy. 22Those who hate you will be put to shame, and the place where the wicked live#8:22. “Place where the wicked live”: literally, “tent of the wicked.” will be destroyed.”
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