Job 8 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 9

¹Then Job answered,

KJVThen Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?

KJVI know^H3045^(H8804) it is so of a truth^H551: but how should man^H582 be just^H6663^(H8799) with God^H410?

³ If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.

KJVIf he will^H2654^(H8799) contend^H7378^(H8800) with him, he cannot answer^H6030^(H8799) him one^H259 of a thousand^H505.

⁴ God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

KJVHe is wise^H2450 in heart^H3824, and mighty^H533 in strength^H3581: who hath hardened^H7185^(H8689) himself against him, and hath prospered^H7999^(H8799)?

⁵ He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

KJVWhich removeth^H6275^(H8688) the mountains^H2022, and they know^H3045^(H8804) not: which overturneth^H2015^(H8804) them in his anger^H639.

⁶ He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.

KJVWhich shaketh^H7264^(H8688) the earth^H776 out of her place^H4725, and the pillars^H5982 thereof tremble^H6426^(H8691).

⁷ He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.

KJVWhich commandeth^H559^(H8802) the sun^H2775, and it riseth^H2224^(H8799) not; and sealeth up^H2856^(H8799) the stars^H3556.

⁸ He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

KJVWhich alone spreadeth out^H5186^(H8802) the heavens^H8064, and treadeth^H1869^(H8802) upon the waves^H1116 of the sea^H3220.

⁹ He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.

KJVWhich maketh^H6213^(H8802) Arcturus^H5906, Orion^H3685, and Pleiades^H3598, and the chambers^H2315 of the south^H8486.

¹⁰ He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.

KJVWhich doeth^H6213^(H8802) great things^H1419 past^H369 finding out^H2714; yea, and wonders^H6381^(H8737) without number^H4557.

¹¹ Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.

KJVLo, he goeth^H5674^(H8799) by me, and I see^H7200^(H8799) him not: he passeth on^H2498^(H8799) also, but I perceive^H995^(H8799) him not.

¹² Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

KJVBehold, he taketh away^H2862^(H8799), who can hinder^H7725^(H8686) him? who will say^H559^(H8799) unto him, What doest^H6213^(H8799) thou?

¹³ “God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

KJVIf God^H433 will not withdraw^H7725^(H8686) his anger^H639, the proud^H7293 helpers^H5826^(H8802) do stoop^H7817^(H8804) under him.

¹⁴ How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?

KJVHow much less shall I answer^H6030^(H8799) him, and choose out^H977^(H8799) my words^H1697 to reason with him?

¹⁵ Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

KJVWhom, though I were righteous^H6663^(H8804), yet would I not answer^H6030^(H8799), but I would make supplication^H2603^(H8691) to my judge^H8199^(H8781).

¹⁶ If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.

KJVIf I had called^H7121^(H8804), and he had answered^H6030^(H8799) me; yet would I not believe^H539^(H8686) that he had hearkened^H238^(H8686) unto my voice^H6963.

¹⁷ For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

KJVFor he breaketh^H7779^(H8799) me with a tempest^H8183, and multiplieth^H7235^(H8689) my wounds^H6482 without cause^H2600.

¹⁸ He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

KJVHe will not suffer^H5414^(H8799) me to take^H7725^(H8687) my breath^H7307, but filleth^H7646^(H8686) me with bitterness^H4472.

¹⁹ If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’

KJVIf I speak of strength^H3581, lo, he is strong^H533: and if of judgment^H4941, who shall set^H3259^(H8686) me a time to plead?

²⁰ Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

KJVIf I justify^H6663^(H8799) myself, mine own mouth^H6310 shall condemn^H7561^(H8686) me: if I say, I am perfect^H8535, it shall also prove me perverse^H6140^(H8799).

²¹ I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.

KJVThough I were perfect^H8535, yet would I not know^H3045^(H8799) my soul^H5315: I would despise^H3988^(H8799) my life^H2416.

²² “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.

KJVThis is one^H259 thing, therefore I said^H559^(H8804) it, He destroyeth^H3615^(H8764) the perfect^H8535 and the wicked^H7563.

²³ If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

KJVIf the scourge^H7752 slay^H4191^(H8686) suddenly^H6597, he will laugh^H3932^(H8799) at the trial^H4531 of the innocent^H5355.

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

KJVThe earth^H776 is given^H5414^(H8738) into the hand^H3027 of the wicked^H7563: he covereth^H3680^(H8762) the faces^H6440 of the judges^H8199^(H8802) thereof; if not, where^H645, and who is he?

²⁵ “Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.

KJVNow my days^H3117 are swifter^H7043^(H8804) than a post^H7323^(H8801): they flee away^H1272^(H8804), they see^H7200^(H8804) no good^H2896.

²⁶ They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

KJVThey are passed away^H2498^(H8804) as^H5973 the swift^H16 ships^H591: as the eagle^H5404 that hasteth^H2907^(H8799) to the prey^H400.

²⁷ If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’

KJVIf I say^H559^(H8800), I will forget^H7911^(H8799) my complaint^H7879, I will leave off^H5800^(H8799) my heaviness^H6440, and comfort^H1082^(H8686) myself:

²⁸ I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.

KJVI am afraid^H3025^(H8804) of all my sorrows^H6094, I know^H3045^(H8804) that thou wilt not hold me innocent^H5352^(H8762).

²⁹ I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

KJVIf I be wicked^H7561^(H8799), why then labour^H3021^(H8799) I in vain^H1892?

³⁰ If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

KJVIf I wash^H7364^(H8694) myself with^H7950 snow water^H4325^H1119, and make my hands^H3709 never^H1252^(H8676)^H1253 so clean^H2141^(H8689);

³¹ yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.

KJVYet^H227 shalt thou plunge^H2881^(H8799) me in the ditch^H7845, and mine own clothes^H8008 shall abhor^H8581^(H8765) me.

³² For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

KJVFor he is not a man^H376, as I am, that I should answer^H6030^(H8799) him, and we should come^H935^(H8799) together^H3162 in judgment^H4941.

³³ There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

KJVNeither is^H3426 there any daysman^H3198^(H8688) betwixt us, that might lay^H7896^(H8799) his hand^H3027 upon us both^H8147.

³⁴ Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

KJVLet him take^H5493 his rod^H7626 away^H5493^(H8686) from me, and let not his fear^H367 terrify^H1204^(H8762) me:

³⁵ then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.

KJVThen would I speak^H1696^(H8762), and not fear^H3372^(H8799) him; but it is not so with me.

WEB·Job 8

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

KJVHow^H575 long^H5704 wilt thou speak^H4448^(H8762) these things? and how long shall the words^H561 of thy mouth^H6310 be like a strong^H3524 wind^H7307?

³ Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

KJVDoth God^H410 pervert^H5791^(H8762) judgment^H4941? or doth the Almighty^H7706 pervert^H5791^(H8762) justice^H6664?

⁴ If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.

KJVIf thy children^H1121 have sinned^H2398^(H8804) against him, and he have cast them away^H7971^(H8762) for^H3027 their transgression^H6588;

⁵ If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

KJVIf thou wouldest seek^H7836 unto God^H410 betimes^H7836^(H8762), and make thy supplication^H2603^(H8691) to the Almighty^H7706;

⁶ If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

KJVIf thou wert pure^H2134 and upright^H3477; surely now he would awake^H5782^(H8686) for thee, and make the habitation^H5116 of thy righteousness^H6664 prosperous^H7999^(H8765).

⁷ Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

KJVThough thy beginning^H7225 was small^H4705, yet thy latter end^H319 should greatly^H3966 increase^H7685^(H8799).

⁸ “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

KJVFor enquire^H7592^(H8798), I pray thee, of the former^H7223^(H8675)^H7223 age^H1755, and prepare^H3559^(H8786) thyself to the search^H2714 of their fathers^H1:

⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

KJV(For we are but of yesterday^H8543, and know^H3045^(H8799) nothing, because our days^H3117 upon earth^H776 are a shadow^H6738:)

¹⁰ Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

KJVShall not they teach^H3384^(H8686) thee, and tell^H559^(H8799) thee, and utter^H3318^(H8686) words^H4405 out of their heart^H3820?

¹¹ “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

KJVCan the rush^H1573 grow up^H1342^(H8799) without mire^H1207? can^H7685 the flag^H260 grow^H7685^(H8799) without^H1097 water^H4325?

¹² While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

KJVWhilst it is yet in his greenness^H3, and not cut down^H6998^(H8735), it withereth^H3001^(H8799) before^H6440 any other herb^H2682.

¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

KJVSo are the paths^H734 of all that forget^H7911^(H8802) God^H410; and the hypocrite's^H2611 hope^H8615 shall perish^H6^(H8799):

¹⁴ whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.

KJVWhose hope^H3689 shall be cut off^H6990^(H8799), and whose trust^H4009 shall be a spider's^H5908 web^H1004.

¹⁵ He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

KJVHe shall lean^H8172^(H8735) upon his house^H1004, but it shall not stand^H5975^(H8799): he shall hold^H2388^(H8686) it fast, but it shall not endure^H6965^(H8799).

¹⁶ He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.

KJVHe is green^H7373 before^H6440 the sun^H8121, and his branch^H3127 shooteth forth^H3318^(H8799) in his garden^H1593.

¹⁷ His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.

KJVHis roots^H8328 are wrapped about^H5440^(H8792) the heap^H1530, and seeth^H2372^(H8799) the place^H1004 of stones^H68.

¹⁸ If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’

KJVIf he destroy^H1104^(H8762) him from his place^H4725, then it shall deny^H3584^(H8765) him, saying, I have not seen^H7200^(H8804) thee.

¹⁹ Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.

KJVBehold, this is the joy^H4885 of his way^H1870, and out of the earth^H6083 shall others^H312 grow^H6779^(H8799).

²⁰ “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

KJVBehold, God^H410 will not cast away^H3988^(H8799) a perfect^H8535 man, neither will he help^H2388^(H8686)^H3027 the evil doers^H7489^(H8688):

²¹ He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

KJVTill he fill^H4390^(H8762) thy mouth^H6310 with laughing^H7814, and thy lips^H8193 with rejoicing^H8643.

²² Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”

KJVThey that hate^H8130^(H8802) thee shall be clothed^H3847^(H8799) with shame^H1322; and the dwelling^H168 place of the wicked^H7563 shall come to nought^H369.

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