Job 8

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