Job 8
Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Job 8:2 How long will you keep saying these things? Your words are like a puff of breath. Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? Job 8:4 Since your children sinned against him, he gave them over to their rebellion. Job 8:5 But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy, Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, then he will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
Job 8:7 Then, even if your first[1] was meager, your days afterward will be full of prosperity.
Job 8:8 You see, ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,
Job 8:9 since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days above the ground are a shadow.
Job 8:10 Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?
Job 8:11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Job 8:12 While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will be destroyed.
Job 8:14 His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider’s web.
Job 8:15 He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
Job 8:16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunlight; his shoots spread out over his garden.
Job 8:17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.
Job 8:18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.”
Job 8:19 Surely, this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.
Job 8:20 Look, God accepts a person of integrity, and he will not support evildoers.
Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.
Job 8:22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will be no longer.
[1]רֵאשִׁית = first. Job 8:7; 40:19; 42:12.
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apparent signs
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, July 13, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Saturday, July 14, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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