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Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
“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?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
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 thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will be very great.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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.
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
and utter words out of their understanding?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
they wither before any other plant.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.
the hope of the godless shall perish.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
He shall lean upon 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.
he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
and his shoots spread over his garden.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
he looks upon a house of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall 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.’
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.