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| [1]And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- |
[1]Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
| [2]Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth? |
[2]How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
| [3]Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice? |
[3]Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
| [4]If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression, |
[4]If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
| [5]If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, |
[5]If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
| [6]If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness. |
[6]If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
| [7]And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great. |
[7]Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
| [8]For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, |
[8]For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
| [9](For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.) |
[9](For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) |
| [10]Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words? |
[10]Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? |
| [11]`Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? |
[11]Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? |
| [12]While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth. |
[12]Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. |
| [13]So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish, |
[13]So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
| [14]Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. |
[14]Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. |
| [15]He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. |
[15]He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
| [16]Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. |
[16]He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
| [17]By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. |
[17]His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. |
| [18]If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! |
[18]If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
| [19]Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.' |
[19]Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
| [20]Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. |
[20]Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: |
| [21]While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting, |
[21]Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
| [22]Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not! |
[22]They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |