8:1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, |
8:2 "How long will you speak these things, since the words of your mouth are like a strong wind? |
8:3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert that which is right? |
8:4 If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression, |
8:5 If you would seek earnestly to God and make your supplication to the Almighty; |
8:6 If you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling place of your righteousness prosperous. |
8:7 And if your beginning was small, yet your end would greatly increase. |
8:8 For please inquire of the former age, and consider that which their fathers have searched out, |
8:9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow. |
8:10 Shall they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words out of their heart? |
8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed grass grow without water? |
8:12 While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb. |
8:13 So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish. |
8:14 His hope shall be cut off, and his trust shall be a spider's web. |
8:15 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure. |
8:16 He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden. |
8:17 His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones. |
8:18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him saying, 'I have not seen you.' |
8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
8:20 Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers, |
8:21 Until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing. |
8:22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall come to nought." |