| 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? |
| 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; |
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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. |
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8 | 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:) |
| 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: |
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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. |
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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. |
