8:1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and
said,
8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of
thy mouth [be] abundant in words?
8:3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all
things pervert justice?
8:4 If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of
their transgression.
8:5 But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
8:6 If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will
restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
8:7 Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be
unspeakably great.
8:8 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race
of [our] fathers:
8:9 (for we are of yesterday, and now nothing; for our life upon the earth
is a shadow:)
8:10 shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words
from [their] heart?
8:11 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without
moisture?
8:12 When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does
not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
8:13 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of
the ungodly shall perish.
8:14 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a
spider's web.
8:15 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has
taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
8:16 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of
his dung-heap.
8:17 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of
flints.
8:18 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not
seen such things,
8:19 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another
shall grow.
8:20 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not
receive any gift of the ungodly.
8:21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips
with thanksgiving.
8:22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the
habitation of the ungodly shall perish. |
8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and
said,
8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for
their transgression;
8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the
Almighty;
8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and
make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the
search of their fathers:
8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow:)
8:10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their
heart?
8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb.
8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall
perish:
8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it
fast, but it shall not endure.
8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I
have not seen thee.
8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the
evil doers:
8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place
of the wicked shall come to nought. |