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| [1]THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
[1]THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
| [2]How long will you speak these things? And how long will your mouth utter proud words? |
[2]How long will you speak these things? And how long will your mouth utter proud words? |
| [3]Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert right? |
[3]Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert right? |
| [4]If your children have sinned against him, he has sent them away in their transgressions. |
[4]If your children have sinned against him, he has sent them away in their transgressions. |
| [5]If you would seek God and make supplication to the Almighty, |
[5]If you would seek God and make supplication to the Almighty, |
| [6]If you were innocent and upright, surely then he would be attentive to you, and would make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous, |
[6]If you were innocent and upright, surely then he would be attentive to you, and would make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous, |
| [7]So that though your beginning was small he would make your end very great |
[7]So that though your beginning was small he would make your end very great |
| [8]For inquire, I pray you, of the former generations, and learn through the search of their fathers; |
[8]For inquire, I pray you, of the former generations, and learn through the search of their fathers; |
| [9]For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are like a shadow; |
[9]For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are like a shadow; |
| [10]And, behold, they shall teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart. |
[10]And, behold, they shall teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart. |
| [11]Can papyrus grow in a thirsty land? Can reeds grow where there is no water? |
[11]Can papyrus grow in a thirsty land? Can reeds grow where there is no water? |
| [12]While they are yet in their greenness, and not cut down, they wither before any other herb. |
[12]While they are yet in their greenness, and not cut down, they wither before any other herb. |
| [13]So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the heathen shall perish; |
[13]So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the heathen shall perish; |
| [14]Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose house is a spider's web. |
[14]Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose house is a spider's web. |
| [15]The wicked shall put his trust in his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
[15]The wicked shall put his trust in his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
| [16]He is like green vegetation before the sun, and his roots shall rest in a ground liable to be washed away. |
[16]He is like green vegetation before the sun, and his roots shall rest in a ground liable to be washed away. |
| [17]He shall see his house a heap of stones. |
[17]He shall see his house a heap of stones. |
| [18]If he is uprooted from his place, then he will deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
[18]If he is uprooted from his place, then he will deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
| [19]Behold, it is he who examines all his ways, and out of the earth others shall sprout |
[19]Behold, it is he who examines all his ways, and out of the earth others shall sprout |
| [20]Behold, God will not reject the upright men, nor will he help the evildoers; |
[20]Behold, God will not reject the upright men, nor will he help the evildoers; |
| [21]Until he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a song. |
[21]Until he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a song. |
| [22]Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be destroyed |
[22]Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be destroyed |