Job 8

New American Standard Bible 1995

Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

1Then BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 1answeredH6030,2“HowH575 longH5704 will you sayH4448 theseH428 thingsH428, And the 2wordsH561 of your mouthH6310 be a mightyH3524 windH7307?3Does 3GodH410 pervertH5791 justiceH4941? OrH518 does 4the AlmightyH7706 pervertH5791 whatH6664 is rightH6664?4 5IfH518 your sonsH1121 sinnedH2398 against Him, Then He deliveredH7971 them into the 6powerH3027 of their transgressionH6588.5IfH518 you would 7seekH7836 GodH410 And imploreH2603 the compassionH2603 of 8the AlmightyH7706,6IfH518 you are pureH2134 and uprightH3477, SurelyH3588 nowH6258 9He would rouseH5782 Himself for you And restoreH7999 your righteousH6664 10 11estateH5116.7Though your beginningH7225 was insignificantH4705, Yet your 12endH319 will increaseH7685 greatlyH3966.

8“PleaseH4994 13inquireH7592 of pastH7223 generationsH1755, And considerH3559 the thingsH2714 searchedH2714 out by their fathersH1.9For we are only of yesterdayH8543 and knowH3045 nothingH3808, BecauseH3588 14our daysH3117 on earthH776 are as a shadowH6738.10Will they not teachH3384 you and tellH559 you, And bringH3318 forthH3318 wordsH4405 from their mindsH3820?

11“Can the papyrusH1573 growH1342 up withoutH3808 a marshH1207? Can the rushesH260 growH7685 withoutH1097 waterH4325?12While it is stillH5750 greenH3 and not cutH6998 downH6998, Yet it withersH3001 beforeH6440 anyH3605 other 15plantH2682.13SoH3651 are the pathsH734 of 16allH3605 whoH7911 forgetH7911 GodH410; And the 17hopeH8615 of the godlessH2611 will perishH6,14WhoseH834 confidenceH3689 is fragileH6962, And whose trustH4009 a 18spider’sH5908 19webH1004.15He 20trustsH8172 in his 21houseH1004, but it does not standH5975; He holdsH2388 fastH2388 to it, but it does not endureH6965.16He 22 23thrivesH7373 beforeH6440 the sunH8121, And his 24shootsH3127 spreadH3318 out overH5921 his gardenH1593.17His rootsH8328 wrapH5440 aroundH5440 a rockH1530 pileH1530, He 25graspsH270 a houseH1004 of stonesH68.18IfH518 he is 26removedH1104 from 27his placeH4725, Then it will denyH3584 him, saying, ‘28I neverH3808 sawH7200 you.’19BeholdH2005, 29thisH1931 is the joyH4885 of His wayH1870; And out of the dustH6083 othersH312 will springH6779.20LoH2005, 30GodH410 will not rejectH3988 a man of integrityH8535, NorH3808 31will He 32supportH2388 H3027 the evildoersH7489.21He will yetH5704 fillH4390 33your mouthH6310 with laughterH7814 And your lipsH8193 with shoutingH8643.22Those who hateH8130 you will be 34clothedH3847 with shameH1322, And the 35tentH168 of the wickedH7563 will be noH369 longer.”

1. Job 8:1 Lit answered and said ↩
2. Job 8:2 Job 6:26 ↩
3. Job 8:3 Gen 18:25; Deut 32:4; 2 Chr 19:7; Job 34:10, 12; 36:23; 37:23; Rom 3:5 ↩
4. Job 8:3 Heb Shaddai ↩
5. Job 8:4 Job 1:5, 18, 19 ↩
6. Job 8:4 Lit hand ↩
7. Job 8:5 Job 5:17-27 ↩
8. Job 8:5 Heb Shaddai ↩
9. Job 8:6 Job 22:27; 34:28; Ps 7:6 ↩
10. Job 8:6 Lit place ↩
11. Job 8:6 Job 5:24 ↩
12. Job 8:7 Job 42:12 ↩
13. Job 8:8 Deut 4:32; 32:7; Job 15:18; 20:4 ↩
14. Job 8:9 Job 14:2 ↩
15. Job 8:12 Lit reed ↩
16. Job 8:13 Ps 9:17 ↩
17. Job 8:13 Job 11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 27:8 ↩
18. Job 8:14 Is 59:5, 6 ↩
19. Job 8:14 Lit house ↩
20. Job 8:15 Lit leans on ↩
21. Job 8:15 Job 8:22; 27:18; Ps 49:11 ↩
22. Job 8:16 Lit is lush ↩
23. Job 8:16 Ps 37:35; Jer 11:16 ↩
24. Job 8:16 Ps 80:11 ↩
25. Job 8:17 Heb sees ↩
26. Job 8:18 Lit swallowed up ↩
27. Job 8:18 Job 7:10 ↩
28. Job 8:18 Job 7:8 ↩
29. Job 8:19 Job 20:5 ↩
30. Job 8:20 Job 4:7 ↩
31. Job 8:20 Job 21:30 ↩
32. Job 8:20 Lit strengthen the hand of ↩
33. Job 8:21 Job 5:22; Ps 126:1, 2 ↩
34. Job 8:22 Ps 132:18 ↩
35. Job 8:22 Job 8:15; 15:34; 18:14; 21:28 ↩