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Bildad: Job Should Repent
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong 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?
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
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.
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
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 thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will be very great.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are 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.
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
and utter words out of their understanding?
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow 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?
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
they wither before any other plant.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.
the hope of the godless shall perish.
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall 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.
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
and his shoots spread over his garden.
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
he looks upon a house of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
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.’
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the soil others will spring.
and out of the soil others will spring.
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.