JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 8Geneva - 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 chapter1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide, 2Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde? 3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice? 4If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie, 5Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie, 6If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous. 7And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease. 8Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers. 9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe) 10Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart? 11Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water? 12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe. 13So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish. 14His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder. 15He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure. 16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof. 17The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones. 18If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee, 19Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde. 20Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand, 21Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy. 22They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine. ‹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