Job 8

1 ♥ 📝 T hen answered^H6030 Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite,^H7747 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 How^H575 long^H5704 wilt thou speak^H4448 these things? And [how long] shall the words^H561 of thy mouth^H6310 be [like] a mighty^H3524 wind?^H7307

3 ♥ 📝 Doth God^H410 pervert^H5791 justice?^H4941 Or doth the Almighty^H7706 pervert^H5791 righteousness?^H6664

4 ♥ 📝 If thy children^H1121 have sinned^H2398 against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand^H7971 of^H3027 their transgression;^H6588

5 ♥ 📝 If thou wouldest seek^H7836 diligently^H7836 unto God,^H410 And make thy supplication^H2603 to the Almighty;^H7706

6 ♥ 📝 If thou wert pure^H2134 and upright:^H3477 Surely now he would awake^H5782 for thee, And make the habitation^H5116 of thy righteousness^H6664 prosperous.^H7999

7 ♥ 📝 And though thy beginning^H7225 was small,^H4705 Yet thy latter end^H319 would greatly^H3966 increase.^H7685

8 ♥ 📝 For inquire,^H7592 I pray thee, of the former^H7223 age,^H1755 And apply^H3559 thyself to that which their fathers^H1 have searched^H2714 out:

9 ♥ 📝 (For we are but of yesterday,^H8543 and know^H3045 nothing, Because our days^H3117 upon earth^H776 are a shadow);^H6738

10 ♥ 📝 Shall not they teach^H3384 thee, and tell^H559 thee, And utter^H3318 words^H4405 out of their heart?^H3820

11 ♥ 📝 Can the rush^H1573 grow up^H1342 without mire?^H1207 Can^H7685 the flag^H260 grow^H7685 without^H1097 water?^H4325

12 ♥ 📝 Whilst it is yet in its greenness,^H3 [and] not cut down,^H6998 It withereth^H3001 before^H6440 any [other] herb.^H2682

13 ♥ 📝 So are the paths^H734 of all that forget^H7911 God;^H410 And the hope^H8615 of the godless^H2611 man shall perish:^H6

14 ♥ 📝 Whose confidence^H3689 shall break in sunder,^H6990 And whose trust^H4009 is a spider's^H5908 web.^H1004

15 ♥ 📝 He shall lean^H8172 upon his house,^H1004 but it shall not stand:^H5975 He shall hold^H2388 fast thereby, but it shall not endure.^H6965

16 ♥ 📝 He is green^H7373 before^H6440 the sun,^H8121 And his shoots^H3127 go forth^H3318 over his garden.^H1593

17 ♥ 📝 His roots^H8328 are wrapped about^H5440 the [stone] -heap,^H1530 He beholdeth^H2372 the place^H1004 of stones.^H68

18 ♥ 📝 If he be destroyed^H1104 from his place,^H4725 Then it shall deny^H3584 him, [saying], I have not seen^H7200 thee.

19 ♥ 📝 Behold, this is the joy^H4885 of his way;^H1870 And out of the earth^H6083 shall others^H312 spring.^H6779

20 ♥ 📝 Behold, God^H410 will not cast away^H3988 a perfect^H8535 man, Neither will he uphold^H2388 the evil-doers.^H7489

21 ♥ 📝 He will yet fill^H4390 thy mouth^H6310 with laughter,^H7814 And thy lips^H8193 with shouting.^H8643

22 ♥ 📝 They that hate^H8130 thee shall be clothed^H3847 with shame;^H1322 And the tent^H168 of the wicked^H7563 shall be no^H369 more.