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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 8:1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- |
| 8:2 | How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? | Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth? |
| 8:3 | Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? | Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice? |
| 8:4 | If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away |
If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression, |
| 8:5 | If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; | If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, |
| 8:6 | If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. | If pure and upright thou `art', Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness. |
| 8:7 | Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. | And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great. |
| 8:8 | For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: | For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, |
| 8:9 | (For we are but of yesterday, and know |
(For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.) |
| 8:10 | Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? | Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words? |
| 8:11 | Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? | `Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? |
| 8:12 | Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. | While it `is' in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth. |
| 8:13 | So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: | So `are' the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish, |
| 8:14 | Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. | Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. |
| 8:15 | He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. | He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. |
| 8:16 | He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. | Green he `is' before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. |
| 8:17 | His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. | By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. |
| 8:18 | If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. | If `one' doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! |
| 8:19 | Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. | Lo, this `is' the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.' |
| 8:20 | Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he |
Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. |
| 8:21 | Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with |
While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting, |
| 8:22 | They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. | Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not! |