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Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
“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 speak these things,
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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 you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,
And make your supplication to 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.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will be very great.
Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
“For inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
And consider the things discovered 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.
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 utter words from their heart?
And utter words from their heart?
“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 reeds flourish without water?
Can the reeds flourish 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 yet green and not cut down,
It withers before any other plant.
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 hypocrite shall perish,
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
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 leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
He holds it fast, 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 grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
And his branches spread out in 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 the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
And look for a place in the 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 destroyed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen 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 earth others will grow.
And out of the earth others will grow.
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.