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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2How long will you go on saying these things? Your words are a blast of wind.

2"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

4Since your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

5But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

6if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

7Then, even if your beginnings were modest, your final days will be full of prosperity.

7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

8For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

8"Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

9since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

10Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?

10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

12While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

14His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider's web.

14What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider's web.

15He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

15They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

17His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.

17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

18If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, "I never saw you."

18But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

19Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.

19Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

20Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and He will not support evildoers.

20"Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

22Your enemies will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will exist no longer.

22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

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