Job 8

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:	1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַר
2 "How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?	2 עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִיךָ
3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?	3 הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִםשַׁ־דַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶדֶק
4 If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the power of their transgression.	4 אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָטְאוּ־לֹו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם
5 If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,	5 אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶלשַׁ־דַּי תִּתְחַנָּן
6 if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and reward you with a rightful habitation.	6 אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶךָ
7 And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.	7 וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד
8 "For inquire, I pray you, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have found;	8 כִּי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישֹׁון וְכֹונֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבֹותָם
9 for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.	9 כִּי־תְמֹול אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ
10 Will they not teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their understanding?	10 הֲלֹא־הֵם יֹורוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יֹוצִאוּ מִלִּים
11 "Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?	11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָיִם
12 While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.	12 עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבֹּו לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָשׁ
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish.	13 כֵּן אָרְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵד
14 His confidence breaks in sunder, and his trust is a spider's web.	14 אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹוט כִּסְלֹו וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֹו
15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.	15 יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתֹו וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בֹּו וְלֹא יָקוּם
16 He thrives before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.	16 רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתֹו יֹנַקְתֹּו תֵצֵא
17 His roots twine about the stoneheap; he lives among the rocks.	17 עַל־גַּל שָׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶה
18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, 'I have never seen you.'	18 אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹו וְכִחֶשׁ בֹּו לֹא רְאִיתִיךָ
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; and out of the earth others will spring.	19 הֶן־הוּא מְשֹׂושׂ דַּרְכֹּו וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָחוּ
20 "Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.	20 הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִים
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.	21 עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחֹוק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָה
22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."	22 שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶנּוּ׃ פ