Job 8

Revised Geneva Translation

8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

² “How long will you talk of these things? And how long shall the words of your mouth be as a mighty wind?

³ “Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty subvert justice?

⁴ “If your sons have sinned against Him, and He has sent them into the place of their iniquity,

⁵ “if you will seek God early, and pray to the Almighty,

⁶ “if you are pure and upright, then surely He will be stirred up. And He will make the habitation of your righteousness peaceful.

⁷ “And though your beginning was small, your future shall greatly increase.

⁸ “Please inquire, therefore, of the previous age, and prepare yourself to search their fathers.

⁹ “(For we are but from yesterday and are ignorant. For our days upon Earth are but a shadow).

¹⁰ “Shall they not teach you and tell you and utter the words of their heart?

¹¹ “Can a reed grow without a marsh? Or can the grass grow without water?

¹² “Though it is green and not cut down, it shall still wither before any other herb.

¹³ “So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hypocrite’s hope shall perish.

¹⁴ “His confidence also shall be cut off. And his trust shall be as the web of a spider.

¹⁵ “He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold himself fast to it, yet it shall not endure.

¹⁶ “He is green before the Sun, and his branches spread over his garden.

¹⁷ “His roots are wrapped around the heap and are folded around the stones.

¹⁸ “If anyone pulls him from his place, it denies him, saying, ‘I have not seen you’.

¹⁹ “Behold, he will rejoice by this means, so that others may grow out of the earth.

²⁰ “Behold, God will not cast away an upright man. Nor will He take the wicked by the hand

²¹ “until He has filled your mouth with laughter, and your lips with joy.

²² “Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. And the dwelling of the wicked shall not remain.”