Job 8

1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַר ׃ (762)

See also: Job 2:11, Job 18:1, Job 4:1, Job 42:7

2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ׃ (1474)

See also: Job 6:26, Job 15:2, Psalms 139:4, Jeremiah 5:13, 1 Kings 19:11, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:7, 1 Samuel 1:14, Job 6:9, Job 7:11, Job 11:2-3, Job 16:3, Job 18:2, Job 19:2, Job 34:37, Proverbs 1:22

3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִםשַׁ־דַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶדֶק׃ (1992)

4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָטְאוּ־לֹו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם׃ (1083)

See also: Job 1:5, Psalms 81:12, Job 1:18-19, Job 5:4, Isaiah 64:7, Genesis 19:13-25, Job 18:16-19, Job 18:19, Job 19:3, Genesis 13:13

5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן׃ (2676)

See also: Isaiah 55:6, Job 22:23, James 4:7-10, Job 5:8, Job 11:13, Psalms 63:1, Matthew 7:7-8, Hebrews 3:7-8, 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, Job 9:15, Job 16:17, Job 22:21-30, Mark 4:38, Job 10:2

6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶךָ׃ (2961)

7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד׃ (2365)

See also: Job 42:12-13, Zechariah 4:10, Matthew 13:31-32, Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 4:18, Zechariah 14:7, Matthew 13:12, Deuteronomy 8:16, 2 Peter 2:20, 1 Kings 18:44, 2 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 107:41, Ezra 3:12, Psalms 72:16, Genesis 32:10

8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

כִּי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישֹׁון וְכֹונֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבֹותָם׃ (2131)

9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

כִּי־תְמֹול אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ׃ (1449)

See also: Job 14:2, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 144:4, Job 38:12, Psalms 102:11, Genesis 47:9, Job 7:6, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 90:4, Job 10:20

10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

הֲלֹא־הֵם יֹורוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יֹוצִאוּ מִלִּים׃ (981)

See also: Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 12:35, Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 11:19, Job 12:7-8, Job 32:7, Psalms 145:4, Proverbs 16:23, Hebrews 11:4, Hebrews 12:1

11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָיִם׃ (663)

See also: Jeremiah 17:6, Exodus 2:3, Isaiah 19:5-7, Isaiah 19:6

12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבֹּו לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָשׁ׃ (1227)

See also: Job 20:5, Jeremiah 17:6, Esther 5:12, Psalms 129:6-7, Matthew 13:20, James 1:10-11, 1 Peter 1:24

13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד׃ (2561)

14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹוט כִּסְלֹו וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֹו׃ (1627)

See also: Job 27:18, Isaiah 59:5-6, Job 18:14, Isaiah 59:6

15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בֹּו וְלֹא יָקוּם׃ (1445)

See also: Job 27:18, Proverbs 21:12, Proverbs 14:11, Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:47-49, Job 18:14, Psalms 49:11, Psalms 52:5-7, Psalms 112:10, Proverbs 10:28, Amos 6:13

16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתֹו יֹנַקְתֹּו תֵצֵא׃ (2655)

See also: Jeremiah 17:8, Ezekiel 47:12, Job 15:32, Psalms 80:11, Job 5:3, Job 21:7-15, Psalms 37:35-36, Psalms 73:3-12, Isaiah 25:5, Jeremiah 11:16

17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶה׃ (1592)

See also: Job 18:16, Job 29:19, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 40:24, Jeremiah 12:1-2, Mark 11:20, Jude 1:12

18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹו וְכִחֶשׁ בֹּו לֹא רְאִיתִיךָ׃ (1455)

See also: Job 8:22, Job 7:10, Job 20:9, Job 20:7, Job 7:8, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 73:18-19, Psalms 92:7, Revelation 12:8, Psalms 103:16

19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

הֶן־הוּא מְשֹׂושׂ דַּרְכֹּו וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָחוּ׃ (1702)

See also: Job 20:5, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 75:7, Ezekiel 17:24, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 13:20-21

20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִים׃ (1216)

See also: Job 4:7, Psalms 37:37, Psalms 37:24, Genesis 18:25, Isaiah 45:1, Psalms 94:14, Job 21:30, Job 1:8, Job 9:22, Hebrews 8:9, Job 9:23, Job 10:3, Isaiah 51:18

21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחֹוק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָה׃ (2180)

See also: Psalms 126:2, Genesis 21:6, Psalms 126:6, Psalms 32:11, Luke 6:21, Ezra 3:11-13, Job 5:22, Psalms 100:1, Isaiah 65:13-14, Nehemiah 12:43, Psalms 98:4

22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶנּוּ׃ (2210)

See also: Psalms 132:18, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 109:29, Job 18:14, Job 8:18, Job 7:21, 1 Peter 5:5, Job 4:21, Ezekiel 26:16, Job 15:34, Job 21:28, Job 24:24, Job 36:6, Amos 5:5, Job 27:19