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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

1Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said:

2“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.

2"How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?

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

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right?

4Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.

4"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.

5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,

5If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,

6and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

6if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.

7And though you started with little, you will end with much.

7Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

8"Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.

9For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.

9Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.

10But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.

10Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?

11“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?

11"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

12While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

12While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.

13Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:

14Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.

14his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.

15They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.

15He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

16He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.

17Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

17Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.

18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!

18If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.'

19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.

19"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

20“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.

20Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.

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

21He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.

22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”

22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

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