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8:1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
8:2 | How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
8:3 | Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
8:4 | If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
8:5 | If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
8:6 | If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
8:7 | Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
8:8 | For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
8:9 | (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) |
8:10 | Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? |
8:11 | Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? |
8:12 | Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. |
8:13 | So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
8:14 | Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. |
8:15 | He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
8:16 | He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
8:17 | His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. |
8:18 | If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. |
8:19 | Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
8:20 | Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: |
8:21 | Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
8:22 | They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |
8:1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide, |
8:2 | Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde? |
8:3 | Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice? |
8:4 | If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie, |
8:5 | Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie, |
8:6 | If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous. |
8:7 | And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease. |
8:8 | Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers. |
8:9 | (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe) |
8:10 | Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart? |
8:11 | Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water? |
8:12 | Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe. |
8:13 | So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish. |
8:14 | His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder. |
8:15 | He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure. |
8:16 | The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof. |
8:17 | The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones. |
8:18 | If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee, |
8:19 | Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde. |
8:20 | Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand, |
8:21 | Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy. |
8:22 | They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine. |
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