Bildad: Job Should Repent 1 RV Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 RV How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind? BSB BSB: “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 RV Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? BSB BSB: Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 RV If thy children have sinned against him, and he have delivered them into the hand of their transgression: BSB BSB: When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 RV If thou wouldest seek diligently 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 RV If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would 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 RV And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. BSB BSB: Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8 RV For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: BSB BSB: Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
9 RV (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because 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 RV 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 RV Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? BSB BSB: Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 RV Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. BSB BSB: While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
13 RV So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish: BSB BSB: Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 RV Whose confidence shall break in sunder, and whose trust is a spider’s web. BSB BSB: His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 RV He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold fast thereby, 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 RV He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden. BSB BSB: He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 RV His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones. BSB BSB: His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 RV If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying , I have not seen thee. BSB BSB: If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 RV Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring. BSB BSB: Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 RV Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he uphold the evil-doers. BSB BSB: Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 RV He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting. BSB BSB: He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 RV They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall 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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