CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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 align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Job 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/7.htm" title="Job 7">◄</a> Job 8 <a href="../job/9.htm" title="Job 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/job/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Bildad</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How long will you say such things?</p><p class="line2">Your words are a blustering wind.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does God pervert justice?</p><p class="line2">Does the Almighty pervert what is right?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When your children sinned against him,</p><p class="line2">he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if you will seek God earnestly</p><p class="line2">and plead with the Almighty,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>if you are pure and upright,</p><p class="line2">even now he will rouse himself on your behalf</p><p class="line2">and restore you to your prosperous state.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your beginnings will seem humble,</p><p class="line2">so prosperous will your future be.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Ask the former generation</p><p class="line2">and find out what their ancestors learned,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,</p><p class="line2">and our days on earth are but a shadow.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will they not instruct you and tell you?</p><p class="line2">Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?</p><p class="line2">Can reeds thrive without water?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While still growing and uncut,</p><p class="line2">they wither more quickly than grass.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Such is the destiny of all who forget God;</p><p class="line2">so perishes the hope of the godless.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What they trust in is fragile <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">what they rely on is a spider’s web.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They lean on the web, but it gives way;</p><p class="line2">they cling to it, but it does not hold.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,</p><p class="line2">spreading its shoots over the garden;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks</p><p class="line2">and looks for a place among the stones.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But when it is torn from its spot,</p><p class="line2">that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Surely its life withers away,</p><p class="line2">and <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Surely all the joy it has is that">b</a></sup></span> from the soil other plants grow.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless</p><p class="line2">or strengthen the hands of evildoers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He will yet fill your mouth with laughter</p><p class="line2">and your lips with shouts of joy.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Your enemies will be clothed in shame,</p><p class="line2">and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Surely all the joy it has<br />     is that</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>