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New Living Translation (NLT)

Job 8
⁶ and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
⁷ And though you started with little, you will end with much.
⁸ “Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
⁹ For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
¹⁰ But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.
¹¹ “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
¹² While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
¹³ The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
¹⁴ Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
¹⁵ They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
¹⁶ The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.