Job 8 (NET)

Job 8:1¹Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:2²“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:3³Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:4⁴If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:5⁵But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:6⁶if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:7⁷Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:8⁸“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:9⁹For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:10¹⁰Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:11¹¹Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:12¹²While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:13¹³Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:14¹⁴whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:15¹⁵He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:16¹⁶He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:17¹⁷It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:18¹⁸If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:19¹⁹Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:20²⁰“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:21²¹He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 8:22²²Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s