Job 8:1 Explained in Context

Verse 1. ¹ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Verse 2. ² How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Verse 3. ³ Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Verse 4. ⁴ If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Verse 5. ⁵ If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Verse 6. ⁶ If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Verse 7. ⁷ Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.