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Job 8 :: New English Translation (NET)

Job 8:1

Job 8:1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:

Job 8:2

Job 8:2"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

Job 8:3

Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 8:4

Job 8:4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

Job 8:5

Job 8:5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Job 8:6

Job 8:6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

Job 8:7

Job 8:7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

Job 8:8

Job 8:8"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

Job 8:9

Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

Job 8:10

Job 8:10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

Job 8:11

Job 8:11Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

Job 8:12

Job 8:12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Job 8:13

Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

Job 8:14

Job 8:14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web.

Job 8:15

Job 8:15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

Job 8:16

Job 8:16He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

Job 8:17

Job 8:17It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

Job 8:18

Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!'

Job 8:19

Job 8:19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

Job 8:20

Job 8:20"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

Job 8:21

Job 8:21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

Job 8:22

Job 8:22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
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