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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 Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then 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 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?
Does God twist justice?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Your children must have sinned against him,
so their punishment was well deserved.
so their punishment was well deserved.
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.
But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
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 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 you started with little,
you will end with much.
you will end with much.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will 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, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
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 on earth are a shadow.
for our days on 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.
Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
and utter words out of their understanding?
“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
Can marsh grass flourish 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?
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.
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
they wither before any other plant.
The same happens to all who forget God.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.
the hope of the godless shall perish.
Their confidence hangs by a thread.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
They are leaning on 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 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.
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 a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
and his shoots spread 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 entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
he looks upon a house of stones.
But when it is uprooted,
it’s as though it never existed!
it’s as though it never existed!
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.’
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 soil others will spring.
and out of the soil others will spring.
“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 reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.