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  • 1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
  • 2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
  • 3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
  • 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
  • 5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  • 6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
  • 7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
  • 8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
  • 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
  • 10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
  • 11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
  • 12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
  • 13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
  • 14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
  • 15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
  • 16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
  • 17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
  • 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
  • 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
  • 20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
  • 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
  • 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Version: King James Edition - English