Job 8

Job · Chapter 8

Job 8:21

1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
untilעַד־'ad-H5704
till

עַד (ad) prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even Aramaic equivalent: ad (עַד "till" H5705)

he will fillיְמַלֵּ֣הye-ma-LEHH4390
to fill

מָלֵא (ma.le) 1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against Aramaic equivalent: me.la (מְלָא "to fill" H4391)

laughterשְׂח֣וֹקse-CHOKH7814
laughter

שְׂחֹק (se.choq) 1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision 1a) laughter 1a1) joyful 1a2) hollow 1b) derision (of object) 1c) sport

mouth yourפִּ֑יךָPI-khaH6310G
lip

פֶּה (peh) : lip/mouth peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

and lips yourוּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָu-se-fa-TEI-khaH8193G
lips

שָׂפָה (sa.phah) : lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

a shout of joyתְרוּעָֽה׃te-ru-'AHH8643
shout

תְּרוּעָה (te.ru.ah) 1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy 1a) alarm of war, war-cry, battle-cry 1b) blast (for march) 1c) shout of joy (with religious impulse) 1d) shout of joy (in general)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.