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Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
“How long will you say such things?
Your words are a blustering wind.
Your words are a blustering 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?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Or does 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.
But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
and plead with the Almighty,
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,
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.
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
so prosperous will your future be.
Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
and find out what their ancestors learned,
“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 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.
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?
Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?
And utter words from their heart?
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Can reeds thrive without water?
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
they wither more quickly than grass.
While it is yet green and not cut down,
It withers before any other plant.
It withers before any other plant.
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 who forget God;
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
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 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.
They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden;
spreading its shoots over the garden;
He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
And his branches spread out 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 wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
And look for a place in the 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 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 earth others will grow.
And out of the earth others will grow.
“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.