Job 7:20 "Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
Job 7:21 "Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be."
Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
Job 8:2 "How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Job 8:3 "Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 8:4 "If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
Job 8:5 "If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
Job 8:6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
Job 8:7 "Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
Job 8:8 ¶ "Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
Job 8:9 "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
Job 8:11 ¶ "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
Job 8:12 "While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
Job 8:13 "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
Job 8:15 "He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
Job 8:16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
Job 8:17 "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
Job 8:18 "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
Job 8:19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
Job 8:20 "Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.