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| Job 8:1 | And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: | Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said, |
| Job 8:2 | Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind sayings of thy mouth? | How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? |
| Job 8:3 | Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice? | Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging? |
| Job 8:4 | If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression, | If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand. |
| Job 8:5 | If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, | If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all; |
| Job 8:6 | If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness. | 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 | And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great. | And though your start was small, your end will be very great. |
| Job 8:8 | For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search 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 of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.) | (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) |
| Job 8:10 | Do they not shew thee speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words? | Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you? |
| Job 8:11 | `Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase 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] in its budding uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth. | 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 forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth 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 is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. | Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. |
| Job 8:15 | He leaneth on his house and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it and it abideth not. | 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 | Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. | He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. |
| Job 8:17 | By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. | His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. |
| Job 8:18 | If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! | If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you. |
| Job 8:19 | Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.` | Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place. |
| Job 8:20 | Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of 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 | While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy 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 hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not! | Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again. |
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