Job 8 - Compare Translations
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Job 8:1
KJVThen answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
WEBThen Bildad the Shuhite answered,
YLTAnd Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --
Job 8:2
KJVHow long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
WEB“How long will you speak these things?
YLTTill when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth?
Job 8:3
KJVDoth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
WEBDoes God pervert justice?
YLTDoth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 8:4
KJVIf thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
WEBIf your children have sinned against him,
YLTIf thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,
Job 8:5
KJVIf thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
WEBIf you want to seek God diligently,
YLTIf thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication,
Job 8:6
KJVIf thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
WEBIf you were pure and upright,
YLTIf pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
Job 8:7
KJVThough thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
WEBThough your beginning was small,
YLTAnd thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.
Job 8:8
KJVFor enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
WEB“Please inquire of past generations.
YLTFor, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,
Job 8:9
KJV(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
WEB(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
YLT(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
Job 8:10
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Job 8:11
KJVCan the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
WEB“Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
YLT`Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?
Job 8:12
KJVWhilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
WEBWhile it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,
YLTWhile it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.
Job 8:13
KJVSo are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
WEBSo are the paths of all who forget God.
YLTSo [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
Job 8:14
KJVWhose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
WEBWhose confidence shall break apart,
YLTWhose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
Job 8:15
KJVHe shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
WEBHe shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand.
YLTHe leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not.
Job 8:16
KJVHe is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
WEBHe is green before the sun.
YLTGreen he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
Job 8:17
KJVHis roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
WEBHis roots are wrapped around the rock pile.
YLTBy a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
Job 8:18
KJVIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
WEBIf he is destroyed from his place,
YLTIf [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!
Job 8:19
KJVBehold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
WEBBehold, this is the joy of his way:
YLTLo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
Job 8:20
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Job 8:21
KJVTill he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
WEBHe will still fill your mouth with laughter,
YLTWhile he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
Job 8:22
KJVThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
WEBThose who hate you shall be clothed with shame.
YLTThose hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
22 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT