Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,ASV — Job 8:1

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?ASV — Job 8:2

3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?ASV — Job 8:3

4 If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;ASV — Job 8:4

5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;ASV — Job 8:5

6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.ASV — Job 8:6

7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.ASV — Job 8:7

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:ASV — Job 8:8

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);ASV — Job 8:9

10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?ASV — Job 8:10

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?ASV — Job 8:11

12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.ASV — Job 8:12

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:ASV — Job 8:13

14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider`s web.ASV — Job 8:14

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.ASV — Job 8:15

16 He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.ASV — Job 8:16

17 His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.ASV — Job 8:17

18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.ASV — Job 8:18

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.ASV — Job 8:19

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.ASV — Job 8:20

21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.ASV — Job 8:21

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.ASV — Job 8:22