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,
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Bildad the Shuhite, and
said,
Translation comparison
Job 8
22 aligned verses; 22 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"
How long will
you
speak these things? Shall the words of your
mouth be a mighty
wind?
How long wilt
thou
speak these things? and
how
long
shall the words of thy
mouth be like
a strong
wind?
Does
God pervert justice
? Or does
the Almighty pervert righteousness
?
Doth
God pervert judgment
? or doth
the Almighty pervert justice
?
If your
children have sinned against him, He has
delivered
them into
the
hand
of
their disobedience
;
If thy
children have sinned against him, and
he have
cast
them away
for
their transgression
;
If you
want
to
seek God diligently
, Make your
supplication to the Almighty .
If thou
wouldest
seek unto
God betimes
, and
make thy
supplication to the Almighty ;
If you
were
pure and upright ,
Surely now he would awaken
for you
, And make the habitation of your
righteousness prosperous.
If thou
wert
pure and upright ;
surely now he would awake
for thee
, and make the habitation of thy
righteousness prosperous.
Though your
beginning was small, Yet your
latter end would
greatly increase.
Though thy
beginning was small, yet thy
latter end should
greatly increase.
"Please
inquire
of past
generations
, Find
out
about
the learning
of their fathers .
For
enquire,
I
pray
thee,
of the
former
age
, and
prepare
thyself
to
the search
of their fathers :
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on
earth are a shadow .
)
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow :
)
Shall they
not teach you
, tell you
, And utter words out of their heart?
Shall not they
teach thee
, and
tell thee
, and utter words out of their heart?
"
Can the papyrus
grow up without mire? Can the rushes
grow without water?
Can the rush
grow up without mire? can the flag
grow without water?
While
it is yet in its
greenness, not cut down, It withers
before any other reed
.
Whilst
it is yet in his
greenness, and
not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb
.
So are the paths of all who
forget God .
The hope of
the
godless
man
shall perish ,
So are the paths of all that
forget God ;
and
the hypocrite's
hope shall perish :
Whose confidence
shall break
apart
, Whose trust is
a spider's web.
Whose hope
shall be
cut
off
, and
whose trust shall
be
a spider's web.
He shall lean on
his house, but it shall not stand .
He shall cling
to
it, but it shall not endure.
He shall lean upon
his house, but it shall not stand :
he shall hold
it fast
, but it shall not endure.
He is green before the sun, His shoots
go
forth over
his garden.
He is green before the sun, and
his branch
shooteth
forth in
his garden.
His roots are wrapped around
the rock
pile
, He
sees
the place of stones.
His roots are wrapped about
the heap
, and
seeth
the place of stones.
If he is
destroyed
from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, '
I have not seen you
. '
If he destroy
him
from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee
.
Behold, this is the joy of his way :
Out of the earth shall others spring
.
Behold, this is the joy of his way ,
and
out of the earth shall others grow
.
"
Behold, God will not cast away a blameless
man, Neither will he uphold
the evil -
doers .
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect
man, neither will he help
the evil doers :
He will
still
fill your
mouth with laughter
, Your
lips with shouting
.
Till
he fill thy
mouth with laughing
, and
thy
lips with rejoicing
.
Those
who
hate you
shall be clothed with shame .
The tent
of the wicked shall be
no
more
. "
They
that
hate thee
shall be clothed with shame ;
and
the dwelling
place
of the wicked shall come
to
nought
.
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