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Bildad: Job Should Repent
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
“How long will you say such things?
Your words are a blustering wind.
Your words are a blustering wind.
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
and plead with the Almighty,
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
so prosperous will your future be.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
and find out what their ancestors learned,
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Will they not instruct you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
they wither more quickly than grass.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
so perishes the hope of the godless.
so perishes the hope of the godless.
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
They lean on the web, but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.
they cling to it, but it does not hold.
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden;
spreading its shoots over the garden;
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
and looks for a place among the stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.