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1 Then aunswered Bildad the Suhite, & said: Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 Howe long wilt thou talke of such thinges? howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie wind? “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? “How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right? Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 For seyng that thy sonnes sinned against him, did not he send them into the place of their iniquitie? If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression. When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5 If thou wouldest nowe resorte vnto God be times, and make thy prayer to the almightie, If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
6 If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life: shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly, and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous? if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation. if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.
7 In so much that wherin so euer thou haddest litle afore, thou shouldest haue nowe great aboundaunce. And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great. Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers: “For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out. “Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.) For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart? Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding? Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
11 May a rushe be greene without moystnesse? or may the grasse growe without water? “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water? Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe: While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant. While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
13 So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught. Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
14 His confidence shalbe destroyed, and his trust shalbe a spiders webbe. His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web. What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web.
15 He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure. He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure. They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.
16 It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden. He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden. They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne, and are folden about the house of stones. His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones. it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee: If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’ But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Behold it will reioyce by this meanes, if it may growe in another mould. Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring. Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
20 Beholde, God will not cast away a vertuous man, neither wil he helpe the vngodly. “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers. “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
21 Thy mouth shall he fill with laughing, and thy lippes with gladnesse. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
22 They also that hate thee shalbe clothed with shame, & the dwelling of the vngodly shall come to naught. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.” Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
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