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Bildad’s First Response to Job
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
“How long will you go on like this?
You sound like a blustering wind.
You sound like a blustering wind.
“How long will you speak these things,
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Does God twist justice?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?
Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Your children must have sinned against him,
so their punishment was well deserved.
so their punishment was well deserved.
But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
and seek the favor of the Almighty,
If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,
And make your supplication to the Almighty,
and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
And though you started with little,
you will end with much.
you will end with much.
Though your beginning was small,
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
“Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
“For inquire, please, of the former age,
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
But those who came before us will teach you.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
They will teach you the wisdom of old.
Will they not teach you and tell you,
And utter words from their heart?
And utter words from their heart?
“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
While it is yet green and not cut down,
It withers before any other plant.
It withers before any other plant.
The same happens to all who forget God.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
Their confidence hangs by a thread.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
They are leaning on a spider’s web.
They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
He leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,
its branches spreading across the garden.
its branches spreading across the garden.
He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
And his branches spread out in his garden.
Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
And look for a place in the stones.
But when it is uprooted,
it’s as though it never existed!
it’s as though it never existed!
If he is destroyed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
That’s the end of its life,
and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
“Behold, this is the joy of His way,
And out of the earth others will grow.
And out of the earth others will grow.
“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
and your lips with shouts of joy.