JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 8Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 8ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 2How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind? 3DothGod pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? 4If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression. 5If thou seek earnestly untoGod, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, 6If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; 7And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great. 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers; 9For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow. 10Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water? 12Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass. 13So are the paths of all that forgetGod; and the profane man's hope shall perish, 14Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web. 15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure. 16He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; 17His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones. 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee! 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow. 20Behold,God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand. 21Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting, 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more. ‹Previous chapterJob 7Next chapterJob 9›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 8 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain