New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 8:8-19
8“PleaseH4994 1inquireH7592 of pastH7223 generationsH1755, And considerH3559 the thingsH2714 searchedH2714 outH2714 by their fathersH1.9For we are only of yesterdayH8543 and knowH3045 nothingH3808, BecauseH3588 2our 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 3plantH2682.13SoH3651 are the pathsH734 of 4allH3605 whoH7911 forgetH7911 GodH410; And the 5hopeH8615 of the godlessH2611 will perishH6,14HisH834 confidenceH3689 is fragileH6962, And his trustH4009 is a 6spider’sH5908 7webH1004.15He dependsH8172 on his 8houseH1004, but it does not standH5975; He holdsH2388 onH2388 to it, but it does not endureH6965.16He 9flourishesH7373 beforeH6440 the sunH8121, And his 10shootsH3127 spreadH3318 outH3318 overH5921 his gardenH1593.17His rootsH8328 wrapH5440 aroundH5440 a rockH1530 pileH1530, He 11graspsH270 a houseH1004 of stonesH68.18IfH518 he is 12removedH1104 from 13his placeH4725, Then it will denyH3584 him, saying, ‘14I neverH3808 sawH7200 you.’19BeholdH2005, 15thisH1931 is the joyH4885 of His wayH1870; And out of the dustH6083 othersH312 will springH6779.
Notes
- 1. Job 8:8 Deut 4:32; 32:7; Job 15:18; 20:4 ↩
- 2. Job 8:9 Job 14:2 ↩
- 3. Job 8:12 Lit reed ↩
- 4. Job 8:13 Ps 9:17 ↩
- 5. Job 8:13 Job 11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 27:8 ↩
- 6. Job 8:14 Is 59:5, 6 ↩
- 7. Job 8:14 Lit house ↩
- 8. Job 8:15 Job 8:22; 27:18; Ps 49:11 ↩
- 9. Job 8:16 Ps 37:35; Jer 11:16 ↩
- 10. Job 8:16 Ps 80:11 ↩
- 11. Job 8:17 Heb sees ↩
- 12. Job 8:18 Lit swallowed up ↩
- 13. Job 8:18 Job 7:10 ↩
- 14. Job 8:18 Job 7:8 ↩
- 15. Job 8:19 Job 20:5 ↩
Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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