Book of Job, Chapter 8
Job 8 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 8 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Then Bildad the Shuhite [a]answered,
- ¶ “How long will you say these things,
And the 1words of your mouth be a mighty wind? - “Does 2God pervert justice?
Or does [b]the Almighty pervert what is right? - “3If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the [c]power of their transgression. - “If you would 4seek God
And implore the compassion of [d]the Almighty, - If you are pure and upright,
Surely now 5He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous [e]6estate. - “Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your 7end will increase greatly. - ¶ “Please 8inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers. - “For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because 9our days on earth are as a shadow. - “Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds? - ¶ “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water? - “While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other [f]plant. - “So are the paths of 10all who forget God;
And the 11hope of the godless will perish, - Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a 12spider’s [g]web. - “He [h]trusts in his 13house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure. - “He [i]14thrives before the sun,
And his 15shoots spread out over his garden. - “His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [j]grasps a house of stones. - “If he is [k]removed from 16his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘17I never saw you.’ - “Behold, 18this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring. - “Lo, 19God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor 20will He [l]support the evildoers. - “He will yet fill 21your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting. - “Those who hate you will be 22clothed with shame,
And the 23tent of the wicked will be no longer.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit answered and said
- ^ Heb Shaddai
- ^ Lit hand
- ^ Heb Shaddai
- ^ Lit place
- ^ Lit reed
- ^ Lit house
- ^ Lit leans on
- ^ Lit is lush
- ^ Heb sees
- ^ Lit swallowed up
- ^ Lit strengthen the hand of
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 6:26
- ^ Ge 18:25; De 32:4; 2Ch 19:7; Jb 34:10, 12; 36:23; 37:23; Ro 3:5
- ^ Jb 1:5, 18, 19
- ^ Jb 5:17-27
- ^ Jb 22:27; 34:28; Ps 7:6
- ^ Jb 5:24
- ^ Jb 42:12
- ^ De 4:32; 32:7; Jb 15:18; 20:4
- ^ Jb 14:2
- ^ Ps 9:17
- ^ Jb 11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 27:8
- ^ Is 59:5, 6
- ^ Jb 8:22; 27:18; Ps 49:11
- ^ Ps 37:35; Je 11:16
- ^ Ps 80:11
- ^ Jb 7:10
- ^ Jb 7:8
- ^ Jb 20:5
- ^ Jb 4:7
- ^ Jb 21:30
- ^ Jb 5:22; Ps 126:1, 2
- ^ Ps 132:18
- ^ Jb 8:15; 15:34; 18:14; 21:28
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