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<!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 Legacy Standard Bible</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="../">LSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/8.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How long will you say these things, <p class="indent2">And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does God pervert justice? <p class="indent2">Or does <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the Almighty pervert what is right? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If your sons sinned against Him, <p class="indent2">Then He sent them into the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>power of their transgression. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If you would seek God earnestly <p class="indent2">And plead for the grace of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the Almighty, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If you are pure and upright, <p class="indent2">Indeed now He would rouse Himself for you <p class="indent2">And make your righteous abode at peace. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Though your beginning was insignificant, <p class="indent2">Yet your end will increase greatly. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Please ask of past generations, <p class="indent2">And establish the things searched out by their fathers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For we are <i>only</i> of yesterday and know nothing, <p class="indent2">Because our days on earth are <i>but</i> a shadow. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will they not instruct you <i>and</i> tell you, <p class="indent2">And bring forth words from their hearts? <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? <p class="indent2">Can the rushes grow without water? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>While it is still green <i>and</i> not cut down, <p class="indent2">Yet it dries up before any <i>other</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>plant. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So are the paths of all who forget God; <p class="indent2">And the hope of the godless will perish, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Whose confidence is fragile, <p class="indent2">And whose trust a spider’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>web. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He relies on his house, but it does not stand; <p class="indent2">He holds fast to it, but it is not established. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>thrives before the sun, <p class="indent2">And his shoots go forth over his garden. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>His roots wrap around a rock pile; <p class="indent2">He looks upon a house of stones. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If He swallows him up from his place, <p class="indent2">Then it will deny him, <i>saying</i>, ‘I never saw you.’ <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Behold, this is the joy of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>His way; <p class="indent2">And out of the dust others will spring. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Behold, God will not reject a blameless <i>man</i>, <p class="indent2">Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He will yet fill your mouth with laughter <p class="indent2">And your lips with shouting. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, <p class="indent2">And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>reed</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>house</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>is lush</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>his</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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