1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, ASV — Job 8:1
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind? ASV — Job 8:2
3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? ASV — Job 8:3
4 If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; ASV — Job 8:4
5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; ASV — Job 8:5
6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. ASV — Job 8:6
7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. ASV — Job 8:7
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: ASV — Job 8:8
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); ASV — Job 8:9
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart? ASV — Job 8:10
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? ASV — Job 8:11
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb. ASV — Job 8:12
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: ASV — Job 8:13
14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider`s web. ASV — Job 8:14
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. ASV — Job 8:15
16 He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. ASV — Job 8:16
17 His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. ASV — Job 8:17
18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. ASV — Job 8:18
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring. ASV — Job 8:19
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. ASV — Job 8:20
21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. ASV — Job 8:21
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more. ASV — Job 8:22