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href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How long will you keep talking like this?</p> <p class="poetry2">How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does God pervert justice?</p> <p class="poetry2">Does the Almighty pervert what’s right?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“If your children sin against him,</p> <p class="poetry2">he’ll make them a prisoner<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:4 Lit. he’ll place them into the hand">a</a></span> of their sins.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If you seek God,</p> <p class="poetry2">if you ask the Almighty for mercy,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>if you are clean and upright,</p> <p class="poetry2">surely then, he’ll act on your behalf</p> <p class="poetry2">and restore your rightful<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:6 Lit. and bring peace to your righteous">b</a></span> place.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your beginning may be small,</p> <p class="poetry2">but later years<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:7 Lit. days">c</a></span> will be very great.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Inquire of the previous generation, won’t you please?</p> <p class="poetry2">Consider what their forefathers searched out.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing,</p> <p class="poetry2">for our time on earth is only a shadow.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Won’t they instruct you, and tell you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and bring out words from the heart?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Can papyrus grow where there’s no marsh?</p> <p class="poetry2">Can reeds flourish without water?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While they are still green</p> <p class="poetry2">and not yet ready to be harvested,</p> <p class="poetry2">they wither before any plant.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God—</p> <p class="poetry2">the hope of the godless will be destroyed:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>his confidence is shattered;</p> <p class="poetry2">his trust is in a spider’s web.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He leans against his house,</p> <p class="poetry2">but it won’t stand;</p> <p class="poetry2">he grabs hold of it firmly,</p> <p class="poetry2">but it doesn’t last.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight,</p> <p class="poetry2">spreading out its branches over its garden.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Its roots weave around a pile of stones,</p> <p class="poetry2">seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If he is uprooted<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:18 Lit. is swallowed up">d</a></span> from his place,</p> <p class="reg">then it will deny him:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘I never saw you.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Indeed, this is the benefit of God’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:19 Lit. his">e</a></span> way:</p> <p class="poetry2">from the soil other plants<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:19 The Heb. lacks plants">f</a></span> will sprout.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely God won’t reject those who are blameless</p> <p class="poetry2">or hold hands with those who practice evil.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He will soon fill your mouth with laughter,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your lips will shout with joy.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 8:4 Lit. <i>he’ll place them into the hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 8:6 Lit. <i>and bring peace to your righteous</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 8:7 Lit. <i>days</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 8:18 Lit. <i>is swallowed up</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 8:19 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 8:19 The Heb. lacks <i>plants</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible 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