Job 8 (NET)

Job 8:1¹Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:11

Job 8:2²“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 15:2Job 6:261 Kgs 19:11Exod 10:3Exod 10:7Job 11:2-3Job 16:3Job 18:2Job 6:9Job 7:11

Job 8:3³Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 19:7Deut 32:4Gen 18:25Dan 9:14Ezek 33:20Job 34:10-12Rom 3:4-6Ezek 18:25Ezek 33:17Job 10:3

Job 8:4⁴If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 1:5Job 1:18-19Job 5:4Gen 19:13-25Job 18:16-19Gen 13:13

Job 8:5⁵But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 4:7-10Heb 3:7-8Isa 55:6-7Job 11:13Matt 7:7-82 Chr 33:12-13Job 5:8Job 22:21-30

Job 8:6⁶if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:9Isa 3:10Job 5:24Prov 15:8Ps 7:6Job 16:17Ps 59:4-51 John 3:19-221 Tim 2:8Isa 1:15

Job 8:7⁷Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 42:12-13Matt 13:31-32Prov 19:20Prov 4:18Zech 4:10Zech 14:7Matt 13:12Deut 8:162 Pet 2:20

Job 8:8⁸“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:7Deut 4:32Job 15:18Rom 15:41 Cor 10:11Isa 38:19Job 12:12Job 15:10Job 32:6-7Ps 44:1

Job 8:9⁹For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:15Ps 144:4Job 14:2Ps 102:11Gen 47:9Job 7:6Ps 39:5Ps 90:4

Job 8:10¹⁰Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:15Matt 12:35Deut 11:19Deut 6:7Heb 11:4Heb 12:1Job 12:7-8Job 32:7Prov 16:23Ps 145:4

Job 8:11¹¹Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 2:3Isa 19:5-7

Job 8:12¹²While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 17:61 Pet 1:24Jas 1:10-11Matt 13:20Ps 129:6-7

Job 8:13¹³Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 9:17Job 11:20Job 13:16Job 15:34Prov 10:28Deut 8:11Deut 8:19Job 20:5Luke 12:1-2Prov 12:7

Job 8:14¹⁴whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 59:5-6

Job 8:15¹⁵He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 27:18Luke 6:47-49Matt 7:24-27Job 18:14Prov 10:28Ps 112:10Ps 49:11Ps 52:5-7

Job 8:16¹⁶He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 80:11Jer 11:16Job 21:7-15Job 5:3Ps 37:35-36Ps 73:3-12

Job 8:17¹⁷It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:24Isa 5:24Jer 12:1-2Job 18:16Job 29:19Jude 1:12Mark 11:20

Job 8:18¹⁸If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 7:10Job 7:8Ps 37:36Job 20:9Ps 37:10Ps 73:18-19Ps 92:7

Job 8:19¹⁹Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 20:51 Sam 2:8Ps 113:7Ezek 17:24Matt 13:20-21Matt 3:9Ps 75:7

Job 8:20²⁰“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 4:7Ps 37:37Ps 37:24Isa 45:1Ps 94:14Job 21:30Job 9:22

Job 8:21²¹He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 126:2Gen 21:6Ps 126:6Ps 32:11Luke 6:21Ezra 3:11-13Isa 65:13-14Job 5:22Ps 100:1Neh 12:43

Job 8:22²²Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 132:18Ps 109:29Ps 35:26Job 18:14Job 8:18Job 7:211 Pet 5:5