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Job 8:12
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Job 8 Verses
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Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said: |
2
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"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind? |
3
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Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? |
4
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If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. |
5
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But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, |
6
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if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode. |
7
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Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish. |
8
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"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; |
9
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For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. |
10
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Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding? |
11
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Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? |
12
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While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass! |
13
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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, |
14
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whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web. |
15
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He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand. |
16
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He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden. |
17
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It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones. |
18
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If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!' |
19
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Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up. |
20
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"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers. |
21
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He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness. |
22
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Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more." |