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| [1]Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
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| [2]How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
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| [3]Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
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| [4]If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression; |
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| [5]If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
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| [6]If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
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| [7]Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase. |
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| [8]For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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| [9](For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) |
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| [10]Will they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? |
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| [11]Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water? |
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| [12]Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. |
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| [13]So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
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| [14]Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. |
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| [15]He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
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| [16]He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
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| [17]His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. |
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| [18]If he shall destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
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| [19]Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
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| [20]Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: |
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| [21]Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
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| [22]They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught. |
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