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Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
“How long will you say such things?
Your words are a blustering wind.
Your words are a blustering 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?
Does God pervert justice?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
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.
But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
and plead with the Almighty,
If you will seek God
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
and plead with the Almighty for mercy,
if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
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.
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
so prosperous will your future be.
And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.
your latter days will be very great.
“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
and find out what their ancestors learned,
“For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
and consider what the fathers have searched out.
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
and our days on earth are but 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.
Will they not instruct you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
Will they not teach you and tell you
and utter words out of their understanding?
and utter words out of their understanding?
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
Can reeds thrive 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?
While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
they wither more quickly than grass.
While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.
they wither before any other plant.
Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
so perishes the hope of the godless.
so perishes the hope of the godless.
Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.
the hope of the godless shall perish.
They lean on the web, but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.
they cling to it, but it does not hold.
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.
They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden;
spreading its shoots over the garden;
He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
and his shoots spread over his garden.
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
and looks for a place among the stones.
His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
he looks upon a house of stones.
But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
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 soil others will spring.
and out of the soil others will spring.
“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
nor take the hand of evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.
and your lips with shouting.