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Job
Explores the themes of suffering and faith through the story of Job, a man tested by losing everything.
Chapter 8
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1
KJV:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Geneva:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
2
KJV:
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Geneva:
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
3
KJV:
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Geneva:
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
4
KJV:
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Geneva:
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
5
KJV:
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Geneva:
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
6
KJV:
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Geneva:
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
7
KJV:
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Geneva:
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
8
KJV:
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Geneva:
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
9
KJV:
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Geneva:
(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
10
KJV:
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Geneva:
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
11
KJV:
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Geneva:
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
12
KJV:
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Geneva:
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
13
KJV:
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Geneva:
So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
14
KJV:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
Geneva:
His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
15
KJV:
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Geneva:
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
16
KJV:
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Geneva:
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
17
KJV:
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Geneva:
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18
KJV:
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Geneva:
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
19
KJV:
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Geneva:
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
20
KJV:
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Geneva:
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21
KJV:
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Geneva:
Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
22
KJV:
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Geneva:
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
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