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Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Bildad Says God Rewards the Good
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
“How long will you say these things,
and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
If your children have sinned against him,
he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
“If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
“If you would seek God
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore your rightful habitation.
surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore your rightful habitation.
If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will be very great.
“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.
Yet your end will increase greatly.
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
“Please inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are a shadow.
for our days on earth are a shadow.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
and utter words out of their understanding?
“Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds?
And bring forth words from their minds?
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?
Can the rushes grow without water?
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
they wither before any other plant.
“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.
Yet it withers before any other plant.
Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.
the hope of the godless shall perish.
“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,
And the hope of the godless will perish,
Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a spider’s web.
And whose trust a spider’s web.
He leans against his house, but it does not stand;
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
and his shoots spread over his garden.
“He thrives before the sun,
And his shoots spread out over his garden.
And his shoots spread out over his garden.
His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
he looks upon a house of stones.
“His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He grasps a house of stones.
He grasps a house of stones.
If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
“If he is removed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the soil others will spring.
and out of the soil others will spring.
“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.
And out of the dust others will spring.
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
“Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He support the evildoers.
Nor will He support the evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.
“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.
And your lips with shouting.