{"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/ylt/job/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:30:53.304Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind — sayings of thy mouth?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"(For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Do they not shew thee — speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"While it is in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 8 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 8](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/8 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}