Job 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
4When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
6if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
7Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
10Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
12While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
17His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
19Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
20Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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