Then answered <H6030> Bildad <H1085> the Shuhite, <H7747> and said, <H0559>
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How <H0575> long <H5704> wilt thou speak <H4448> these [things]? and [how long shall] the words <H0561> of thy mouth <H6310> [be like] a strong <H3524> wind? <H7307>
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Doth God <H0410> pervert <H5791> judgment? <H4941> or doth the Almighty <H7706> pervert <H5791> justice? <H6664>
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If thy children <H1121> have sinned <H2398> against him, and he have cast them away <H7971> for <H3027> their transgression; <H6588>
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If thou wouldest seek unto God <H0410> betimes, <H7836> and make thy supplication <H2603> to the Almighty; <H7706>
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If thou [wert] pure <H2134> and upright; <H3477> surely now he would awake <H5782> for thee, and make the habitation <H5116> of thy righteousness <H6664> prosperous. <H7999>
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Though thy beginning <H7225> was small, <H4705> yet thy latter end <H0319> should greatly <H3966> increase. <H7685>
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For enquire, <H7592> I pray thee, of the former <H7223> <H7223> age, <H1755> and prepare <H3559> thyself to the search <H2714> of their fathers: <H0001>
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(For we [are but of] yesterday, <H8543> and know <H3045> nothing, because our days <H3117> upon earth <H0776> [are] a shadow:) <H6738>
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Shall not they teach <H3384> thee, [and] tell <H0559> thee, and utter <H3318> words <H4405> out of their heart? <H3820>
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Can the rush <H1573> grow up <H1342> without mire? <H1207> can the flag <H0260> grow <H7685> without <H1097> water? <H4325>
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Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, <H0003> [and] not cut down, <H6998> it withereth <H3001> before <H6440> any [other] herb. <H2682>
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So [are] the paths <H0734> of all that forget <H7911> God; <H0410> and the hypocrite's <H2611> hope <H8615> shall perish: <H0006>
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Whose hope <H3689> shall be cut off, <H6990> and whose trust <H4009> [shall be] a spider's <H5908> web. <H1004>
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He shall lean <H8172> upon his house, <H1004> but it shall not stand: <H5975> he shall hold <H2388> it fast, but it shall not endure. <H6965>
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He [is] green <H7373> before <H6440> the sun, <H8121> and his branch <H3127> shooteth forth <H3318> in his garden. <H1593>
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His roots <H8328> are wrapped about <H5440> the heap, <H1530> [and] seeth <H2372> the place <H1004> of stones. <H0068>
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If he destroy <H1104> him from his place, <H4725> then [it] shall deny <H3584> him, [saying], I have not seen <H7200> thee.
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Behold, this [is] the joy <H4885> of his way, <H1870> and out of the earth <H6083> shall others <H0312> grow. <H6779>
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Behold, God <H0410> will not cast away <H3988> a perfect <H8535> [man], neither will he help <H2388> <H3027> the evil doers: <H7489>
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Till he fill <H4390> thy mouth <H6310> with laughing, <H7814> and thy lips <H8193> with rejoicing. <H8643>
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They that hate <H8130> thee shall be clothed <H3847> with shame; <H1322> and the dwelling place <H0168> of the wicked <H7563> shall come to nought. <H0369>