1 The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
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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