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Job 8 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good

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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

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“How long will you say these things,

And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

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“Does God pervert justice?

Or does [fn]the Almighty pervert what is right?

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“If your sons sinned against Him,

Then He sent them into the [fn]power of their transgression.

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“If you would seek God earnestly

And plead for the grace of [fn]the Almighty,

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If you are pure and upright,

Indeed now He would rouse Himself for you

And make your righteous abode at peace.

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“Though your beginning was insignificant,

Yet your end will increase greatly.

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“Please ask of past generations,

And establish the things searched out by their fathers.

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“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth are but a shadow.

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“Will they not instruct you and tell you,

And bring forth words from their hearts?

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“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?

Can the rushes grow without water?

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“While it is still green and not cut down,

Yet it dries up before any other [fn]plant.

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“So are the paths of all who forget God;

And the hope of the godless will perish,

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Whose confidence is fragile,

And whose trust a spider’s [fn]web.

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“He relies on his house, but it does not stand;

He holds fast to it, but it is not established.

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“He [fn]thrives before the sun,

And his shoots go forth over his garden.

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“His roots wrap around a rock pile;

He looks upon a house of stones.

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“If He swallows him up from his place,

Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

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“Behold, this is the joy of [fn]His way;

And out of the dust others will spring.

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“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,

Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.

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“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter

And your lips with shouting.

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“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,

And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

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Heb Shaddai
Lit hand
Heb Shaddai
Lit reed
Lit house
Lit is lush
Or his
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