Job 8 — GNV

8Verse 1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,^{Verse 2}Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?^{Verse 3}Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?^{Verse 4}If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,^{Verse 5}Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,^{Verse 6}If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.^{Verse 7}And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.^{Verse 8}Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.^{Verse 9}(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)^{Verse 10}Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?^{Verse 11}Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?^{Verse 12}Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.^{Verse 13}So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.^{Verse 14}His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.^{Verse 15}He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.^{Verse 16}The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.^{Verse 17}The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.^{Verse 18}If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,^{Verse 19}Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.^{Verse 20}Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,^{Verse 21}Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.^{Verse 22}They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.