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Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
“How long will you say such things?
Your words are a blustering wind.
Your words are a blustering wind.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Does God pervert justice?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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 thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
and plead with the Almighty,
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
so prosperous will your future be.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
and find out what their ancestors learned,
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
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.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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?
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
they wither more quickly than grass.
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
so perishes the hope of the godless.
so perishes the hope of the godless.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
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 shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden;
spreading its shoots over the garden;
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
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.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
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.’
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.