Job 8

New American Standard Bible 2020

Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

1Then BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 respondedH6030 H559,2“HowH575 longH5704 will you sayH4448 theseH428 thingsH428, And the 1wordsH561 of your mouthH6310 be a mightyH3524 windH7307?3Does 2GodH410 pervertH5791 justiceH4941? OrH518 does 3the AlmightyH7706 pervertH5791 whatH6664 isH6664 rightH6664?4 4IfH518 your sonsH1121 sinnedH2398 against Him, Then He turnedH7971 them overH7971 to the 5powerH3027 of their wrongdoingH6588.5IfH518 you will 6searchH7836 for GodH410 And imploreH2603 the compassionH2603 of 7the AlmightyH7706,6IfH518 you are pureH2134 and uprightH3477, SurelyH3588 nowH6258 8He will stirH5782 Himself for you And restoreH7999 your righteousH6664 9 10estateH5116.7Though your beginningH7225 was insignificantH4705, Yet your 11endH319 will increaseH7685 greatlyH3966.

8“PleaseH4994 12inquireH7592 of pastH7223 generationsH1755, And considerH3559 the thingsH2714 searchedH2714 outH2714 by their fathersH1.9For we are only of yesterdayH8543 and knowH3045 nothingH3808, BecauseH3588 13our daysH3117 on earthH776 are as a shadowH6738.10Will they not teachH3384 you and tellH559 you, And bringH3318 forthH3318 wordsH4405 from their mindsH3820?

11“Can papyrusH1573 growH1342 tallH1342 withoutH3808 a marshH1207? Can the rushesH260 growH7685 withoutH1097 waterH4325?12While it is stillH5750 greenH3 and not cutH6998 downH6998, Yet it withersH3001 beforeH6440 anyH3605 other 14plantH2682.13SoH3651 are the pathsH734 of 15allH3605 whoH7911 forgetH7911 GodH410; And the 16hopeH8615 of the godlessH2611 will perishH6,14HisH834 confidenceH3689 is fragileH6962, And his trustH4009 is a 17spider’sH5908 18webH1004.15He dependsH8172 on his 19houseH1004, but it does not standH5975; He holdsH2388 onH2388 to it, but it does not endureH6965.16He 20flourishesH7373 beforeH6440 the sunH8121, And his 21shootsH3127 spreadH3318 outH3318 overH5921 his gardenH1593.17His rootsH8328 wrapH5440 aroundH5440 a rockH1530 pileH1530, He 22graspsH270 a houseH1004 of stonesH68.18IfH518 he is 23removedH1104 from 24his placeH4725, Then it will denyH3584 him, saying, ‘25I neverH3808 sawH7200 you.’19BeholdH2005, 26thisH1931 is the joyH4885 of His wayH1870; And out of the dustH6083 othersH312 will springH6779.20BeholdH2005, 27GodH410 will not rejectH3988 a person of integrityH8535, NorH3808 28will He 29helpH2388 H3027 evildoersH7489.21He will yetH5704 fillH4390 30your mouthH6310 with laughterH7814, And your lipsH8193 with joyfulH8643 shoutingH8643.22Those who hateH8130 you will be 31clothedH3847 with shameH1322, And the 32tentH168 of the wickedH7563 will noH369 longer existH369.”

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