Job 8

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

respondens autem Baldad Suites dixit

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

usquequo loqueris talia et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

numquid Deus subplantat iudicium et Omnipotens subvertit quod iustum est

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suae

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

si mundus et rectus incesseris statim evigilabit ad te et pacatum reddet habitaculum iustitiae tuae

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

in tantum ut priora tua fuerint parva et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

interroga enim generationem pristinam et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

hesterni quippe sumus et ignoramus quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

et ipsi docebunt te loquentur tibi et de corde suo proferent eloquia

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore aut crescet carectum sine aqua

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

cum adhuc sit in flore nec carpatur manu ante omnes herbas arescit

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

sic viae omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum et spes hypocritae peribit

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

non ei placebit vecordia sua et sicut tela aranearum fiducia eius

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

innitetur super domum suam et non stabit fulciet eam et non consurget

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

humectus videtur antequam veniat sol et in horto suo germen eius egreditur

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

super acervum petrarum radices eius densabuntur et inter lapides commorabitur

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

si absorbuerit eum de loco suo negabit eum et dicet non novi te

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

haec est enim laetitia viae eius ut rursum de terra alii germinentur

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Deus non proiciet simplicem nec porriget manum malignis

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

donec impleatur risu os tuum et labia tua iubilo

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

qui oderunt te induentur confusione et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet