Bible Language Cross References for the verse Job 15:18 in ERVEN
- 1 Then Bildad from Shuah answered:
- 2 "How long will you talk like that? Your words are nothing but hot air!
- 3 God is always fair. God All-Powerful does what is right.
- 4 If your children sinned against God, he punished them. They paid for their sins.
- 5 But now, look to God and pray to the All-Powerful.
- 6 If you are pure and good, he will quickly come to help you. He will give your family back to you.
- 7 Then you will have a lot more than you had in the beginning!
- 8 "Ask those who are now old. Find out what their ancestors learned.
- 9 It seems as though we were born yesterday. We are too young to know anything. Our days on earth are very short, like a shadow.
- 10 Maybe the old people can tell you something. Maybe they will teach you what they learned.
- 11 "Can papyrus grow tall on a dry land? Can reeds grow without water?
- 12 No, they will dry up before harvest. They will be too small to cut and use.
- 13 People who forget God are like that. Those who oppose him have no hope.
- 14 They have put their trust in something weak. It is like a spider's web.
- 15 When they lean against it, it will break. When they reach out for it, it will not hold them up.
- 16 Such people are like a vine that gets plenty of water and sunshine, and its branches spread throughout the garden.
- 17 Its roots spread among the rocks, searching for good soil.
- 18 But if you move it, it will die, and no one can tell it was ever there.
- 19 Everything might have been going well, but another vine will take its place.
- 20 God does not support evil people, and he does not abandon the innocent.
- 21 So perhaps you might laugh again. Maybe shouts of joy will come from your lips.
- 22 Maybe your enemies will be humiliated and the homes of the wicked destroyed."