Bildad: Job Should Repent 1 DBY And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 DBY How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind? BSB BSB: “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 DBY Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? BSB BSB: Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 DBY If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression. BSB BSB: When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 DBY If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, BSB BSB: But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
6 DBY If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; BSB BSB: if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
7 DBY And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great. BSB BSB: Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8 DBY For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers; BSB BSB: Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
9 DBY For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow. BSB BSB: For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 DBY Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? BSB BSB: Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11 DBY Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water? BSB BSB: Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 DBY Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other grass. BSB BSB: While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
13 DBY So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish, BSB BSB: Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 DBY Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web. BSB BSB: His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 DBY He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure. BSB BSB: He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 DBY He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; BSB BSB: He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 DBY His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones. BSB BSB: His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 DBY If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee! BSB BSB: If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 DBY Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow. BSB BSB: Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 DBY Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand. BSB BSB: Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 DBY Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting, BSB BSB: He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 DBY They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more. BSB BSB: Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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