{"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/kjv/job/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:35:04.807Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>things</i>? and <i>how long shall</i> the words of thy mouth <i>be like</i> a strong 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 cast them away for their transgression;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If thou <i>wert</i> pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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 prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"(For we <i>are but of</i> yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth <i>are</i> a shadow:)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Shall not they teach thee, <i>and</i> 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 <i>is</i> yet in his greenness, <i>and</i> not cut down, it withereth before any <i>other</i> herb."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So <i>are</i> the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust <i>shall be</i> a spider's web."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He <i>is</i> green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"His roots are wrapped about the heap, <i>and</i> seeth the place of stones."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If he destroy him from his place, then <i>it</i> shall deny him, <i>saying</i>, I have not seen thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Behold, this <i>is</i> the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Behold, God will not cast away a perfect <i>man</i>, neither will he help the evil doers:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 8 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 8](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}