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Job 8 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:2 - How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3 - Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:4 - If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:5 - If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - And though your start was small, your end will be very great.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:10 - Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:11 - Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14 - Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:15 - He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 - He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 - The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:22 - Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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