Job 8

1 Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 Job 8:2 “How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

3 Job 8:3 “Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

4 Job 8:4 “If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

5 Job 8:5 “If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

6 Job 8:6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

7 Job 8:7 “Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.

8 Job 8:8 “Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

9 Job 8:9 “For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

10 Job 8:10 “Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

11 Job 8:11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

12 Job 8:12 “While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.

13 Job 8:13 “So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,

14 Job 8:14 Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider’s web.

15 Job 8:15 “He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

16 Job 8:16 “He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

17 Job 8:17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

18 Job 8:18 “If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

19 Job 8:19 “Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

20 Job 8:20 “Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.

21 Job 8:21 “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.

22 Job 8:22 “Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”