| 1 | | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
| 2 | | How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
| 3 | | Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
| 4 | | If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
| 5 | | If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
| 6 | | If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
| 7 | | Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
| 8 | | For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
| 9 | | (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) |
| 10 | | Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? |
| 11 | | Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? |
| 12 | | Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. |
| 13 | | So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
| 14 | | Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. |
| 15 | | He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
| 16 | | He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
| 17 | | His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. |
| 18 | | If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
| 19 | | Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
| 20 | | Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: |
| 21 | | Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
| 22 | | They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |