Job 8
NASB
Job 8:2
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"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 8:3
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"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 8:4
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"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
Job 8:5
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"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
Job 8:6
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If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
Job 8:7
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"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
Job 8:8
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"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
Job 8:9
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"For we are {only} of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
Job 8:10
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"Will they not teach you {and} tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
Job 8:11
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"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
Job 8:12
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"While it is still green {and} not cut down, Yet it withers before any {other} plant.
Job 8:13
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"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
Job 8:14
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Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
Job 8:15
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"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
Job 8:16
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"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
Job 8:17
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"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
Job 8:18
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"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, {saying,} `I never saw you.'
Job 8:19
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"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
Job 8:20
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"Lo, God will not reject {a man of} integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
Job 8:21
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"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.
Job 8:22
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"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."
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