Thematic Bible
Job 8:1 (show verse)
BILDAD THE SHUHITE SPOKE:
Job 8:2 (show verse)
How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
Job 8:3 (show verse)
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 8:4 (show verse)
When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the power of their sin.
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Job 8:5 (show verse)
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
Job 8:6 (show verse)
if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
Job 8:7 (show verse)
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
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Job 8:8 (show verse)
Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned.
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Job 8:9 (show verse)
After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.
Job 8:10 (show verse)
Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
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Job 8:11 (show verse)
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
Job 8:12 (show verse)
While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
Job 8:13 (show verse)
Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish.
Job 8:14 (show verse)
What he trusts in is fragile and what he relies on is like a spider's web.
Job 8:15 (show verse)
He leans on his web, but it gives way! He clings to it, but it does not hold.
Job 8:16 (show verse)
He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Job 8:17 (show verse)
It entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
Job 8:18 (show verse)
When it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says: 'I never saw you.'
Job 8:19 (show verse)
Its life withers away and other plants grow from the soil.
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Job 8:20 (show verse)
Certainly God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Job 8:21 (show verse)
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 8:22 (show verse)
Your enemies will be clothed in shame. The tents of the wicked will be no more.