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Job 8 Verses
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Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak: |
2
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"How can you keep on talking like this? You're talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that. |
3
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Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards? |
4
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It's plain that your children sinned against him-- otherwise, why would God have punished them? |
5
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Here's what you must do--and don't put it off any longer: Get down on your knees before God Almighty. |
6
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If you're as innocent and upright as you say, it's not too late--he'll come running; he'll set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes. |
7
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Even though you're not much right now, you'll end up better than ever. |
8
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"Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. |
9
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For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. |
10
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So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what's what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? |
11
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Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? |
12
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Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. |
13
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That's what happens to all who forget God-- all their hopes come to nothing. |
14
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They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. |
15
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One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. |
16
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Or they're like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, |
17
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Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. |
18
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But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit. |
19
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The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place. |
20
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"There's no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he'll help a bad one. |
21
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God will let you laugh again; you'll raise the roof with shouts of joy, |
22
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With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed." |