| 8:1 | Bildad: Job Should RepentBildad Says Job Should Repent Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: |
| 8:2 | How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? |
| 8:3 | Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? |
| 8:4 | If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression. |
| 8:5 | If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty, |
| 8:6 | If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place. |
| 8:7 | Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly. |
| 8:8 | For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers; |
| 8:9 | For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow. |
| 8:10 | Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart? |
| 8:11 | Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? |
| 8:12 | While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. |
| 8:13 | So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, |
| 8:14 | Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web. |
| 8:15 | He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure. |
| 8:16 | He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden. |
| 8:17 | His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones. |
| 8:18 | If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, "I have not seen you.' |
| 8:19 | Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow. |
| 8:20 | Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers. |
| 8:21 | He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing. |
| 8:22 | Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing." |