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Job 8
Bildad the Shuhite speaks for the first time, blunter than Eliphaz. His opening cuts: how long will Job's words be a mighty wind? He plants the friends' whole case in one question, Does God pervert justice?, and draws the chilling inference that Job's children died for their own sin. Watch the appeal to tradition (vv. 8-10): inquire of past generations, since we are but of yesterday. Bildad trusts inherited wisdom over Job's lived agony.
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
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Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
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If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
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If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
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Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
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“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
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Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
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“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
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While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
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So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
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whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
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He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
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He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.
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His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
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If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
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Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.
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“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
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He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
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Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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Então Bildade, o suíta, respondeu:
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“Até quando você falará essas coisas? Serão as palavras da sua boca um vento impetuoso?
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Acaso Deus perverte a justiça? Ou o Todo-Poderoso perverte a retidão?
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Se os seus filhos pecaram contra ele, ele os entregou nas mãos da sua própria desobediência.
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Se você buscar a Deus com diligência, e fizer a sua súplica ao Todo-Poderoso;
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se você for puro e reto, certamente agora ele despertará em seu favor, e fará prosperar a habitação da sua justiça.
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Embora o seu princípio tenha sido pequeno, o seu futuro crescerá grandemente.
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“Por favor, pergunte às gerações passadas, e descubra o que os seus pais aprenderam.
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(Pois nós somos apenas de ontem, e nada sabemos, porque os nossos dias na terra são uma sombra.)
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Acaso eles não o ensinarão, e não lhe falarão, e não proferirão palavras do seu coração?
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“Pode o papiro crescer sem lodo? Podem os juncos crescer sem água?
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Enquanto ainda está verde, sem ser cortado, ele seca antes de qualquer outra planta.
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Assim são os caminhos de todos os que se esquecem de Deus; a esperança do ímpio perecerá.
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A sua confiança se romperá, e a sua segurança é como uma teia de aranha.
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Ele se apoiará em sua casa, mas ela não resistirá; ele se agarrará a ela, mas ela não permanecerá.
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Ele está verdejante diante do sol. Seus brotos se espalham pelo seu jardim.
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Suas raízes se entrelaçam no monte de pedras. Ele vê o lugar das pedras.
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Se ele for arrancado do seu lugar, então o lugar o negará, dizendo: 'Eu nunca o vi.'
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Eis que esta é a alegria do seu caminho. E da terra, outros brotarão.
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“Eis que Deus não rejeitará o homem íntegro, nem apoiará os malfeitores.
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Ele ainda encherá a sua boca de riso, e os seus lábios de gritos de alegria.
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Aqueles que odeiam você se vestirão de vergonha. A tenda dos ímpios não existirá mais.”
Two plant images, one doctrine
Bildad argues by botany. The papyrus withers without water (vv. 11-13), so the godless man's hope perishes; his trust is a spider's web that cannot hold. Then a second plant, lush in the sun yet torn from its place, is forgotten by the very ground it grew in.
The logic is rigid retribution: God will not cast away a blameless man, so suffering must mean guilt. He closes promising Job laughter again if only he repents, comfort offered on a premise the book is busy dismantling.
Context layers
Keep these closed by default and open them only when you want more context.
- HopeWhat biblical hope means, how it differs from optimism, and which passages show its shape most clearly.
- ObedienceWhat obedience means in the Bible, how it relates to faith and love, and why it should not be confused with legalistic performance.
- RighteousnessWhat righteousness means in the Bible, how it relates to justice and right standing, and why it cannot be reduced to private morality.
- Lamentations 3:21-24Key passage connected to Hope.
- Romans 5:3-5Key passage connected to Hope.
- 1 Peter 1:3-5Key passage connected to Hope.
- Deuteronomy 6:4-6Key passage connected to Obedience.
- John 14:15Key passage connected to Obedience.
- James 1:22-25Key passage connected to Obedience.
- Matthew 5:6Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Romans 3:21-26Key passage connected to Righteousness.
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