{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/job/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:55:12.716Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thy children have sinned against him, and he have delivered them into the hand of their transgression:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Whose confidence shall break in sunder, and whose trust is a spider's web."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he uphold the evil-doers."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 8 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 8](https://primebible.com/erv/job/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}