1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, WEB — Job 8:1
2 “How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? WEB — Job 8:2
3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? WEB — Job 8:3
4 If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience; WEB — Job 8:4
5 If you want to seek God diligently, Make your supplication to the Almighty. WEB — Job 8:5
6 If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. WEB — Job 8:6
7 Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would greatly increase. WEB — Job 8:7
8 “Please inquire of past generations, Find out about the learning of their fathers. WEB — Job 8:8
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.) WEB — Job 8:9
10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart? WEB — Job 8:10
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? WEB — Job 8:11
12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed. WEB — Job 8:12
13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish, WEB — Job 8:13
14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web. WEB — Job 8:14
15 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. WEB — Job 8:15
16 He is green before the sun, His shoots go forth over his garden. WEB — Job 8:16
17 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile, He sees the place of stones. WEB — Job 8:17
18 If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’ WEB — Job 8:18
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way: Out of the earth shall others spring. WEB — Job 8:19
20 “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. WEB — Job 8:20
21 He will still fill your mouth with laughter, Your lips with shouting. WEB — Job 8:21
22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more.” WEB — Job 8:22