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| Job 8:1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, | Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said, |
| Job 8:2 | "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? | How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? |
| Job 8:3 | Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? | Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging? |
| Job 8:4 | If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience; | If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand. |
| Job 8:5 | If you want to seek God diligently, Make your supplication to the Almighty. | If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all; |
| Job 8:6 | If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. | If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again. |
| Job 8:7 | Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would greatly increase. | And though your start was small, your end will be very great. |
| Job 8:8 | "Please inquire of past generations, Find out about the learning of their fathers. | Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers: |
| Job 8:9 | (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.) | (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) |
| Job 8:10 | Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart? | Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you? |
| Job 8:11 | "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? | Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? |
| Job 8:12 | While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed. | When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. |
| Job 8:13 | So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish, | So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing: |
| Job 8:14 | Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web. | Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. |
| Job 8:15 | He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. | He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing. |
| Job 8:16 | He is green before the sun, His shoots go forth over his garden. | He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. |
| Job 8:17 | His roots are wrapped around the rock pile, He sees the place of stones. | His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. |
| Job 8:18 | If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.' | If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you. |
| Job 8:19 | Behold, this is the joy of his way: Out of the earth shall others spring. | Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place. |
| Job 8:20 | "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. | Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand. |
| Job 8:21 | He will still fill your mouth with laughter, Your lips with shouting. | The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips. |
| Job 8:22 | Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more." | Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again. |
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