| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Book of Job | | 8 |
Bildad Affirms God's Justice |
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long wilt thou speak these things?
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And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
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Doth God pervert judgment?
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Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
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If thy children have sinned against him,
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and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
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if thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,
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and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
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if thou wert pure and upright;
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surely now he would awake for thee, |
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and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
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Though thy beginning was small,
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yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age,
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and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
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because our days upon earth are a shadow.) |
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Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee,
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and utter words out of their heart? |
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Can the rush grow up without mire?
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Can the flag grow without water? |
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Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down,
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it withereth before any other herb. |
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So are the paths of all that forget God;
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and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
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whose hope shall be cut off,
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and whose trust shall be a spider's web. |
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:
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he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
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He is green before the sun,
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and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
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His roots are wrapped about the heap,
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and seeth the place of stones. |
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If he destroy him from his place,
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then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
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Behold, this is the joy of his way,
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and out of the earth shall others grow. |
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
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neither will he help the evildoers: |
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till he fill thy mouth with laughing,
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and thy lips with rejoicing. |
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
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and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |
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