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Bildad’s First Response to Job
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
Bildad: Job Should Repent
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
“How long will you go on like this?
You sound like a blustering wind.
You sound like a blustering wind.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
Does God twist justice?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Your children must have sinned against him,
so their punishment was well deserved.
so their punishment was well deserved.
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
And though you started with little,
you will end with much.
you will end with much.
And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
“Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
But those who came before us will teach you.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
The same happens to all who forget God.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
Their confidence hangs by a thread.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,
its branches spreading across the garden.
its branches spreading across the garden.
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
But when it is uprooted,
it’s as though it never existed!
it’s as though it never existed!
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
That’s the end of its life,
and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,