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“1 ¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long wilt thou
speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be
like] a strong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty
pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have
cast them away for their transgression; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God
betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou [wert]
pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the
habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was
small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
“8 ¶ For 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:) 10 Shall not they
teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can
the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12
Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth
before any [other] herb. 13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God;
and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off,
and whose trust [shall be] a spider’s web. 15 He shall lean upon his
house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not
endure. 16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth
in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the
place of stones. 18 If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall
deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this [is] the joy
of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.”
“20 ¶ Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he
help the evil doers: 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy
lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.” (Job 8:1-22
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