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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 8 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div 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saying nothing?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.3" class="v18_8_3">3</span>Does God All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_3">stand in the way of justice?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.4" class="v18_8_4">4</span>He made your children pay</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_4">for their sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.5" class="v18_8_5">5</span>So why don't you turn to him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.6" class="v18_8_6">6</span>and start living right?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_6">Then he will decide</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_6">to rescue and restore you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_6">to your place of honor.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.7" class="v18_8_7">7</span>Your future will be brighter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_7">by far than your past.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Our Ancestors Were Wise</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.8" class="v18_8_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.8.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Our ancestors were wise,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_8">so learn from them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.9" class="v18_8_9">9</span>Our own time has been short,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_9">like a fading shadow,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_9">and we know very little.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.10" class="v18_8_10">10</span>But they will instruct you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_10">with great understanding.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.11" class="v18_8_11">11</span>Papyrus reeds grow healthy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_11">only in a swamp,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.12" class="v18_8_12">12</span>and if the water dries up,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_12">they die sooner than grass.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.13" class="v18_8_13">13</span>Such is the hopeless future</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_13">of all who turn from God</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.14" class="v18_8_14">14</span>and trust in something as frail</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_14">as a spider's web—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.15" class="v18_8_15">15</span>they take hold and fall</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_15">because it's so flimsy.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.16" class="v18_8_16">16</span>Sinful people are like plants</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_16">with spreading roots and plenty</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_16">of sun and water.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.17" class="v18_8_17">17</span>They wrap their roots tightly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_17">around rocks.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.8.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.18" class="v18_8_18">18</span>But once they are pulled up,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_18">they have no more place;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.19" class="v18_8_19">19</span>their life slips away,<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.8.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_19">and other plants grow there.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.20" class="v18_8_20">20</span>We know God doesn't reject</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_20">an innocent person</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_20">or help a sinner.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.21" class="v18_8_21">21</span>And so, he will make you happy</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_21">and give you something</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_21">to smile about.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.8.22" class="v18_8_22">22</span>But your evil enemies</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_8_22">will be put to shame</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_8_22">and disappear forever.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Shuah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.11.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">rocks: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 17.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">their … away: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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