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1 THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 How long will you speak these things? And how long will your mouth utter proud words? “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 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert right? Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 If your children have sinned against him, he has sent them away in their transgressions. 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 you would seek God and make supplication to the Almighty, 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 you were innocent and upright, surely then he would be attentive to you, and would make the habitation of your righteousness 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 So that though your beginning was small he would make your end very great. 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 For inquire, I pray you, of the former generations, and learn through the search of 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 know nothing, because our days upon earth are like a shadow; 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 And, behold, they shall teach you, and tell you, and utter words out 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 Can papyrus grow in a thirsty land? Can reeds grow where there is no 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 While they are yet in their greenness, and not cut down, they wither before any other herb. 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 paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the heathen shall perish; 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 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose house is a spider's web. 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 The wicked shall put his trust in his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall 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 He is like green vegetation before the sun, and his roots shall rest in a ground liable to be washed away. 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 He shall see his house a heap 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 he is uprooted from his place, then he will deny him, saying, I have not seen 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 is he who examines all his ways, and out of the earth others shall sprout. 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 Behold, God will not reject the upright men, nor will he help the evildoers; “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 Until he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a song. 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 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be destroyed. 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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