Job 8

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:	1 But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?	2 How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?	3 Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:	4 And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:	5 even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:	6 If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.	7 so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:	8 For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)	9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.	10 and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?	11 Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.	12 When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:	13 Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.	14 His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:	15 He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.	16 He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.	17 His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.	18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.	19 For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:	20 God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.	21 even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.	22 Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.