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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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> <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 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="../">CPDV</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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/8-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Bildad: Job Should Repent<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>