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Job 8

Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

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Then Bildad the Shuhite  1answered,

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"How long will you say these things, And the  awords of your mouth be a mighty wind?

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"Does  aGod pervert justice? Or does  1the Almighty pervert what is right?

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aIf your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the  1power of their transgression.

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"If you would  aseek God And implore the compassion of  1the Almighty,

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If you are pure and upright, Surely now  aHe would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous  1 bestate.

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"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your  aend will increase greatly.

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"Please  ainquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

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"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because  aour days on earth are as a shadow.

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"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

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"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

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"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other  1plant.

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"So are the paths of  aall who forget God; And the  bhope of the godless will perish,

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Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a  aspider's  1web.

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"He  1trusts in his  ahouse, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

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"He  1 athrives before the sun, And his  bshoots spread out over his garden.

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"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He  1grasps a house of stones.

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"If he is  1removed from  ahis place, Then it will deny him, saying,bI never saw you.'

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"Behold,  athis is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

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"Lo,  aGod will not reject a man of integrity, Nor  bwill He  1support the evildoers.

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"He will yet fill  ayour mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.

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"Those who hate you will be  aclothed with shame, And the  btent of the wicked will be no longer."



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