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1 Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are a mighty 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 Does God pervert judgment, does the Almighty pervert justice? 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 and he has left them in the grip of their guilt, 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 Still, if you yourself have recourse to 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 Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful home. 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 Though your beginning was small, your future will flourish indeed. 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 Inquire of the former generations, pay attention to the experience of their ancestors— “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 As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are but 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 Will they not teach you and tell you and utter their words of understanding? 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 the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grass flourish 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 While it is yet green and uncut, it withers quicker than any grass. 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 is the end of everyone who forgets God, and so shall the hope of the godless 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 His confidence is but a gossamer thread, his trust is a spider’s house. 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 shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall cling to it, 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 thrives in full sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth; 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 About a heap of stones his roots are entwined; among the rocks he takes hold. 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 Yet if one tears him from his place, it will disown him: “I have never seen you!” 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 There he lies rotting beside the road, and out of the soil another sprouts. 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 cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand of the wicked. “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 Once more will he fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with rejoicing. 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 no more. 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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