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Job, Chapter 8

¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite^a Lit answered and saidanswered,
² “How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? ³ “Does God pervert justice? Or does^b Heb Shaddaithe Almighty pervert what is right? ⁴ “If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the^c Lit handpower of their transgression. ⁵ “If you would seek God And implore the compassion of^d Heb Shaddaithe Almighty, ⁶ If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous^e Lit placeestate. ⁷ “Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.	2 Job 6:26 3 Gen 18:25 Deu 32:4 Ch2 19:7 Job 34:10 Job 34:12 Job 36:23 Job 37:23 Rom 3:5 4 Job 1:5 Job 1:18 Job 1:19 5 Job 5:17-27 6 Job 22:27 Job 34:28 Psa 7:6 Job 5:24 7 Job 42:12
⁸ “Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers. ⁹ “For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow. ¹⁰ “Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?	8 Deu 4:32 Deu 32:7 Job 15:18 Job 20:4 9 Job 14:2
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 withers before any other^f Lit reedplant. ¹³ “So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish, ¹⁴ Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider’s^g Lit houseweb. ¹⁵ “He^h Lit leans ontrusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure. ¹⁶ “Heⁱ Lit is lushthrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. ¹⁷ “His roots wrap around a rock pile, He^j Heb seesgrasps a house of stones. ¹⁸ “If he is^k Lit swallowed upremoved from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’ ¹⁹ “Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring. ²⁰ “Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He^l Lit strengthen the hand ofsupport the evildoers. ²¹ “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting. ²² “Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”	13 Psa 9:17 Job 11:20 Job 13:16 Job 15:34 Job 20:5 Job 27:8 14 Isa 59:5 Isa 59:6 15 Job 8:22 Job 27:18 Psa 49:11 16 Psa 37:35 Jer 11:16 Psa 80:11 18 Job 7:10 Job 7:8 19 Job 20:5 20 Job 4:7 Job 21:30 21 Job 5:22 Psa 126:1 Psa 126:2 22 Psa 132:18 Job 8:15 Job 15:34 Job 18:14 Job 21:28


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