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Job 8

Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

²“How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

³“Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

⁴“If your sons sinned against Him, Then He turned them over to the power of their wrongdoing.

⁵“If you will search for God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

⁶If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

⁷“Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.

⁸¶“Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

⁹“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

¹⁰“Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

¹¹¶“Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

¹²“While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.

¹³“So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,

¹⁴His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider’s web.

¹⁵“He depends on his house, but it does not stand; He holds on to it, but it does not endure.

¹⁶“He flourishes before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

¹⁷“His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

¹⁸“If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

¹⁹“Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

²⁰“Behold, God will not reject a person of integrity, Nor will He help evildoers.

²¹“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, And your lips with joyful shouting.

²²“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.”

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Chapter 8

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