1 But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow,)
10 and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
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In Job 8, Job's friend, Bildade, continues to argue that Job's affliction is the result of his sin and that the solution is to repent and seek God. Bildade also emphasizes that God is just and will reward the righteous. The verses related to the topics covered in Job 8 are:
Job 4:7-9: "Remember, therefore, Who has never perished, being innocent? Or when were the righteous destroyed? As I have seen, those who pose iniquity and sow evil segar these things. , and for the wind of their wraths are consumed. " This verse reflects the belief of bility that Job's affliction is the result of his sin and that only the wicked suffer.
Proverbs 11:18: "The perverse does false work, but for whom justice sows there will be faithful reward." Bildade emphasizes that God rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked, which is reflected in this verse of proverbs.
Isaiah 55:7: "Leave the wicked to his way, and the evil man his thoughts, and convert to the Lord, to be sympathetic to Him; become to our God, because it is great to forgive." Bildy suggests that the solution to Job's affliction is to repent and seek God, which is emphasized in this verse of Isaiah.
James 5:11: "Behold, we have Blessed are those who have suffered. You have heard what was the patience of Job and saw the end that the Lord gave him; for the Lord is very merciful and godly." This verse highlights Job's patience and its final reward, which contradicts the belief of bility that only the wicked suffer.
1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all injustice." This verse reflects the belief of bility that the solution to Job's affliction is to repent and seek God, but also emphasizes God's mercy and justice in forgiving sins.
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