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8:1  Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,
8:2  “Job, how long will you talk like that? Your words don’t have any meaning.
8:3  Does God ever treat people unfairly? Does the Mighty One make what is wrong appear to be right?
8:4  Your children sinned against him. So he punished them for their sin.
8:5  But seek God with all your heart. Make your appeal to the Mighty One.
8:6  Be pure and honest. And he will rise up and help you now. He’ll give you everything you had before.
8:7  In the past, things went well with you. But in days to come, things will get even better.
8:8  “Find out what our parents taught. Discover what those who lived before them learned.
8:9  After all, we were born only yesterday. So we don’t know anything. Our days on this earth are like a shadow that disappears.
8:10  Won’t your people of long ago teach you and tell you? Won’t the things they said help you understand?
8:11  Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?
8:12  While they are still growing and haven’t been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.
8:13  The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God. The hope of ungodly people dies out.
8:14  What they trust in is very weak. What they depend on is like a spider’s web.
8:15  They lean on it, but it falls apart. They hold on to it, but it gives way.
8:16  They are like a plant in the sunshine that receives plenty of water. It spreads its new growth all over the garden.
8:17  It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks. It tries to find places to grow among the stones.
8:18  But when the plant is pulled up from its spot, that place says, ‘I never saw you.’
8:19  The life of that plant is sure to dry up. But from the same soil other plants will grow.
8:20  “I’m sure God doesn’t turn his back on anyone who is honest. And he doesn’t help those who do what is evil.
8:21  He will fill your mouth with laughter. Shouts of joy will come from your lips.
8:22  Your enemies will put on shame as if it were clothes. The tents of sinful people will be gone.”