Job 8
8
Bildad Affirms God's Justice
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2How long wilt thou speak these things?
And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3Doth God pervert judgment?
Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him,
and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5if thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,
and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6if thou wert pure and upright;
surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7Though thy beginning was small,
yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age,
and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days upon earth are a shadow.)
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee,
and utter words out of their heart?
11Can the rush grow up without mire?
Can the flag grow without water?
12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down,
it withereth before any other herb.
13So are the paths of all that forget God;
and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14whose hope shall be cut off,
and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:
he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16He is green before the sun,
and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap,
and seeth the place of stones.
18If he destroy him from his place,
then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the earth shall others grow.
20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
neither will he help the evildoers:
21till he fill thy mouth with laughing,
and thy lips with rejoicing.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Job 8
8
The First Speech of Bildad
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,
2“Job, how long will you talk like that?
Your words don’t have any meaning.
3Does God ever treat people unfairly?
Does the Mighty One make what is wrong
appear to be right?
4Your children sinned against him.
So he punished them for their sin.
5But seek God with all your heart.
Make your appeal to the Mighty One.
6Be pure and honest.
And he will rise up and help you now.
He’ll give you everything you had before.
7In the past, things went well with you.
But in days to come, things will get even better.
8“Find out what our parents taught.
Discover what those who lived before them learned.
9After all, we were born only yesterday.
So we don’t know anything.
Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.
10Won’t your people of long ago teach you and tell you?
Won’t the things they said help you understand?
11Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp?
Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?
12While they are still growing and haven’t been cut,
they dry up faster than grass does.
13The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God.
The hope of ungodly people dies out.
14What they trust in is very weak.
What they depend on is like a spider’s web.
15They lean on it, but it falls apart.
They hold on to it, but it gives way.
16They are like a plant in the sunshine
that receives plenty of water.
It spreads its new growth all over the garden.
17It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks.
It tries to find places to grow among the stones.
18But when the plant is pulled up from its spot,
that place says, ‘I never saw you.’
19The life of that plant is sure to dry up.
But from the same soil other plants will grow.
20“I’m sure God doesn’t turn his back on anyone who is honest.
And he doesn’t help those who do what is evil.
21He will fill your mouth with laughter.
Shouts of joy will come from your lips.
22Your enemies will put on shame as if it were clothes.
The tents of sinful people will be gone.”
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