JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 8Webster - 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 said, 2How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind? 3Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression; 5If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase. 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:) 10Will they not teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb. 13So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web. 15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones. 18If he shall destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. 19Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. 20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers: 21Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught. ‹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