1 Bildad the Shuhite spoke:
2 How long will you say such things? Your words are long-winded blusterings.
3 Does God pervert judgment? Does the Almighty distort justice?
4 If your children did him wrong, he has made them pay for their sins.
5 But if you will have recourse to God and plead with the Almighty,
6 if you are faultless and righteous, even now he will care for you and restore you to your rightful place.
7 And your prosperity will be such as to make you forget former times.
8 Inquire of the past generations and learn from their fathers' experience;
9 for born but yesterday, we know nothing and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 They will correct and teach you with words that come from the heart.
11 Can papyrus thrive without marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
12 Even if still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than any plant.
13 Such is the end of him who forgets God; the hope of the godless man perishes.
14 His trust is hanging by a thread; a spider's web is what he relies on.
15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand; he clings to it, but it crumbles.
16 He is sturdy under the sun, spreading its shoots in the garden,
17 its roots entwined around the rocks, holding fast to each stone.
18 But when uprooted, the place rejects it: "I have never known you."
19 And there it lies rotting by the road, while other plants grow in its place.
20 Indeed God does not reject the blameless, nor lend his hand to the evildoer.
21 He will again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with joyful shouts.
22 Your enemies will be confused, and the tent of the wicked will disappear.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 8:
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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