Job 8 — Legacy Standard Bible

Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good

8Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

²“How long will you say these things,And the ^awords of your mouth be a mighty wind?³“Does ^aGod pervert justice?Or does ¹the Almighty pervert what is right?⁴“^aIf your sons sinned against Him,Then He sent them into the ¹power of their transgression.⁵“If you would ^aseek God earnestlyAnd plead for the grace of ¹the Almighty,⁶If you are pure and upright,Indeed now ^aHe would rouse Himself for youAnd make your righteous ^babode at peace.⁷“Though your beginning was insignificant,Yet your ^aend will increase greatly.⁸“Please ^aask of past generations,And establish the things searched out by their fathers.⁹“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,Because ^aour days on earth are but a shadow.¹⁰“Will they not instruct you and tell you,And bring forth words from their hearts?¹¹“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the rushes grow without water?¹²“While it is still green and not cut down,Yet it dries up before any other ¹plant.¹³“So are the paths of ^aall who forget God;And the ^bhope of the godless will perish,¹⁴Whose confidence is fragile,And whose trust a ^aspider’s ¹web.¹⁵“He relies on his ^ahouse, but it does not stand;He holds fast to it, but it is not established.¹⁶“He ¹^,^athrives before the sun,And his ^bshoots go forth over his garden.¹⁷“His roots wrap around a rock pile;He looks upon a house of stones.¹⁸“If He swallows him up from ^ahis place,Then it will deny him, saying, ‘^bI never saw you.’¹⁹“Behold, ^athis is the joy of ¹His way;And out of the dust others will spring.²⁰“Behold, ^aGod will not reject a blameless man,Nor ^bwill He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.²¹“He will yet fill ^ayour mouth with laughterAnd your lips with shouting.²²“Those who hate you will be ^aclothed with shame,And the ^btent of the wicked will be no longer.”