Job 8

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:	1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַר
2 How much longer are you going to talk like this and go blustering on in this way?	2 עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ
3 Can God deflect the course of right or Shaddai falsify justice?	3 הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִםשַׁ־דַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶדֶק
4 If your sons sinned against him, he has punished them for their wrong-doing.	4 אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָטְאוּ־לֹו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם
5 You for your part, if you are pure and honest, must now seek God, plead with Shaddai.	5 אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן
6 Forthwith his light wil shine on you and he wil restore an upright man's house to prosperity.	6 אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶךָ
7 Your former state wil seem as nothing to you, so great wil your future be.	7 וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד
8 Question the generation that has passed, meditate on the experience of its ancestors-	8 כִּי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישֹׁון וְכֹונֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבֹותָם
9 for we children of yesterday, we know nothing, our life on earth passes like a shadow-	9 כִּי־תְמֹול אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ
10 but they wil teach you, they will tel you, and their thought is expressed in these sayings,	10 הֲלֹא־הֵם יֹורוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יֹוצִאוּ מִלִּים
11 'Can papyrus flourish except in marshes? Without water can the rushes grow?	11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָיִם
12 Even when green and before being cut, fastest of al plants they wither.	12 עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבֹּו לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָשׁ
13 Such is the fate of al who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.	13 כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד
14 His hope is nothing but gossamer, his confidence a spider's web.	14 אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹוט כִּסְלֹו וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֹו
15 Let him lean on his house, it wil not stand firm; cling to it, it wil not hold.	15 יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בֹּו וְלֹא יָקוּם
16 Like some lush plant in the sunlight, he sent his young shoots sprouting over the garden;	16 רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתֹו יֹנַקְתֹּו תֵצֵא
17 but his roots were twined in a heap of stones, he drew his life among the rocks.	17 עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶה
18 Snatch him from his bed, and it denies it ever saw him.	18 אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹו וְכִחֶשׁ בֹּו לֹא רְאִיתִיךָ
19 Now he rots on the roadside, and others are springing up in the soil.	19 הֶן־הוּא מְשֹׂושׂ דַּרְכֹּו וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָחוּ
20 Believe me, God neither spurns anyone of integrity, nor lends his aid to the evil.	20 הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִים
21 Once again laughter may fil your mouth and cries of joy break from your lips.	21 עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחֹוק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָה
22 Your enemies will be covered with shame and the tent of the wicked wil vanish!'	22 שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶנּוּ׃ פ