THE BOOK OF JOB --8
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And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, |
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How long will you speak these things, since the words of your mouth are like a strong wind? |
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Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? |
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If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression, |
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if you would seek earnestly to God and make your prayer to the Almighty; |
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if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed. |
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And if your beginning was small, yet your end would greatly increase. |
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For please ask of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers, |
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for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow. |
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Shall they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words out of their heart? |
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Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water? |
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While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb. |
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So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish. |
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His hope shall be cut off, and his trust shall be in a spider's web. |
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He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure. |
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He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden. |
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His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones. |
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If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen you. |
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Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
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Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers, |
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until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing. |
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Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more. |
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