Job 8

Bildad’s First Response to Job

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

2“How long will you go on like this?

You sound like a blustering wind.

3Does God twist justice?

Does the Almighty twist what is right?

4Your children must have sinned against him,

so their punishment was well deserved.

5But if you pray to God

and seek the favor of the Almighty,

6and if you are pure and live with integrity,

he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

7And though you started with little,

you will end with much.

8“Just ask the previous generation.

Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

9For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.

Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.

10But those who came before us will teach you.

They will teach you the wisdom of old.