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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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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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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 inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
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(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
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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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Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb
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So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
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Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure
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He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden
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His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones
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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:
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Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought
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