Job 8

English Standard Version

Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent

8 Then ^(A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

²“How long will you say these things,
    and the words of your mouth be a ^(B)great wind?
³^(C)Does God pervert justice?
    Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
⁴If your ^(D)children have sinned against him,
    he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
⁵If you will seek God
    and ^(E)plead with the Almighty for mercy,
⁶if you are pure and upright,
    surely then he will ^(F)rouse himself for you
    and ^(G)restore your rightful habitation.
⁷And though your beginning was small,
    ^(H)your latter days will be very great.

⁸“For ^(I)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
    and consider what ^(J)the fathers have searched out.
⁹For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
    for our days on earth are ^(K)a shadow.
¹⁰Will they not teach you and tell you
    and utter words out of their understanding?

¹¹“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
    Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
¹²While yet in flower and not cut down,
    they ^(L)wither before any other plant.
¹³Such are the paths of all who ^(M)forget God;
    ^(N)the hope of ^(O)the godless shall perish.
¹⁴His confidence is severed,
    and his trust is ^(P)a spider's web.^[a]
¹⁵He leans against his ^(Q)house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
¹⁶He is a lush plant before the sun,
    and his ^(R)shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷His roots entwine the stone heap;
    he looks upon a house of stones.
¹⁸If he is destroyed from his ^(S)place,
    then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never ^(T)seen you.’
¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way,
    and out of ^(U)the soil others will spring.

²⁰“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
    nor take the hand of evildoers.
²¹He will yet ^(V)fill your mouth with laughter,
    and your lips with shouting.
²²Those who hate you will be ^(W)clothed with shame,
    and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Footnotes

Job 8:14 Hebrew house

2 Samuel 8

English Standard Version

David's Victories

8 ^(A)After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took ^(B)Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

²^(C)And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites ^(D)became servants to David and ^(E)brought tribute.

³David also defeated ^(F)Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(G)Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates. ⁴^(H)And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David ^(I)hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots. ⁵^(J)And when the ^(K)Syrians of Damascus came to help ^(L)Hadadezer king of ^(M)Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians. ⁶Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians ^(N)became servants to David and brought tribute. ^(O)And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. ⁷And David took ^(P)the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.

⁹When Toi king of ^(Q)Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, ¹⁰Toi sent his son Joram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze. ¹¹^(R)These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued, ¹²from Edom, ^(S)Moab, ^(T)the Ammonites, ^(U)the Philistines, ^(V)Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(W)Zobah.

¹³And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in ^(X)the Valley of Salt. ¹⁴Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, ^(Y)and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

David's Officials

¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people. ¹⁶^(Z)Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and ^(AA)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder, ¹⁷and ^(AB)Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and ^(AC)Seraiah was secretary, ¹⁸and ^(AD)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over^[a] the ^(AE)Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.