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Chapter 8 |
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1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and
said, |
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How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the
words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? |
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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; |
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If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the
Almighty; |
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| If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake
for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase. |
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| For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare
thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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9 | (For we are but of
yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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| 10 | Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their
heart? |
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| Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow
without water? |
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12 | Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut
down, it withereth before any other herb. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others
grow. |
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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. |
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22 | They that hate thee shall be clothed
with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |
