Job 8 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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