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 defends God
1Bildad from Shuah responded:
2How long will you mouth such things
such that your utterances become a strong wind?
3Does God pervert justice,
or does the Almighty distort what is right?
4If your children sinned against him,
then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.
5If you will search eagerly for God,
plead with the Almighty.
6If you are pure and do the right thing,
then surely he will become active on your behalf
and reward your innocent dwelling.
7Although your former state was ordinary,
your future will be extraordinary.
Tradition
8Ask a previous generation
and verify the findings of your ancestors,
9for we are only recently here and don’t know
because our days on earth are a shadow.
10Won’t they instruct you and tell you;
will words not#8.10 Heb lacks not. proceed from their hearts?
Examples from nature
11Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh?
Does a reed flourish without water?
12While still tender, uncut,
it will wither before every other grass.
13So are the paths of all who forget God.
Hope perishes for the godless,
14whose confidence is a fragile thing,#8.14 Heb uncertain
their trust, a spider’s web.
15He leans on its web, and it doesn’t stand;
grasps it, and it can’t remain in place.
16It’s like a well-watered plant in the sun;
its runners spread over its gardens.
17Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks,
for it sees a home among stones.
18If it’s uprooted from its place,
it lies, saying, “I can’t see you.”
19Surely its way is a joy,
for from the dust other plants#8.19 Heb lacks plants. sprout.
God’s faithfulness
20Surely God won’t reject integrity,
won’t strengthen the hand of the wicked.
21He will still fill your mouth with joy,
your lips with a victorious shout.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will vanish.
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