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Job 8 (CEV)

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¹ Bildad from Shuah said: ² How long will you talk and keep saying nothing? ³ Does God All-Powerful stand in the way of justice? ⁴ He made your children pay for their sins. ⁵ So why don't you turn to him ⁶ and start living right? Then he will decide to rescue and restore you to your place of honor. ⁷ Your future will be brighter by far than your past. ⁸ Our ancestors were wise, so learn from them. ⁹ Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow, and we know very little. ¹⁰ But they will instruct you with great understanding. ¹¹ Papyrus reeds grow healthy only in a swamp, ¹² and if the water dries up, they die sooner than grass. ¹³ Such is the hopeless future of all who turn from God ¹⁴ and trust in something as frail as a spider's web-- ¹⁵ they take hold and fall because it's so flimsy. ¹⁶ Sinful people are like plants with spreading roots and plenty of sun and water. ¹⁷ They wrap their roots tightly around rocks. ¹⁸ But once they are pulled up, they have no more place; ¹⁹ their life slips away, and other plants grow there. ²⁰ We know God doesn't reject an innocent person or help a sinner. ²¹ And so, he will make you happy and give you something to smile about. ²² But your evil enemies will be put to shame and disappear forever.