1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, DBY — Job 8:1
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind? DBY — Job 8:2
3 Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? DBY — Job 8:3
4 If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression. DBY — Job 8:4
5 If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, DBY — Job 8:5
6 If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; DBY — Job 8:6
7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great. DBY — Job 8:7
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers; DBY — Job 8:8
9 For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow. DBY — Job 8:9
10 Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? DBY — Job 8:10
11 Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water? DBY — Job 8:11
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass. DBY — Job 8:12
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man’s hope shall perish, DBY — Job 8:13
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider’s web. DBY — Job 8:14
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure. DBY — Job 8:15
16 He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; DBY — Job 8:16
17 His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones. DBY — Job 8:17
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee! DBY — Job 8:18
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow. DBY — Job 8:19
20 Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand. DBY — Job 8:20
21 Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting, DBY — Job 8:21
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more. DBY — Job 8:22