--- title: Job 8 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 8 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 8 # Job 8 22 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.1/) — וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַֽר׃ — Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said: - [8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.2/) — עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ — How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind? - [8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.3/) — הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃ — Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? - [8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.4/) — אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ — If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression. - [8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.5/) — אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ — If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; - [8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.6/) — אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ — If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. - [8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.7/) — וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ — And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase. - [8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.8/) — כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ — For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out — - [8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.9/) — כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ — For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow — - [8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.10/) — הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ — Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? - [8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.11/) — הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ — Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water? - [8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.12/) — עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ — Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. - [8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.13/) — כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish; - [8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.14/) — אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ — Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web. - [8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.15/) — יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ — He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. - [8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.16/) — רָטֹב הוּאלִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹתֵצֵֽא׃ — He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden. - [8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.17/) — עַל־גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ — His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones. - [8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.18/) — אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ — If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.' - [8:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.19/) — הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ — Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring. - [8:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.20/) — הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ — Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers; - [8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.21/) — עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ — Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting. - [8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.22/) — שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃פ — They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more. - ← previous: [Job 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/7/) - next →: [Job 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/9/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)