Job

Chapter 8

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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 enquire, 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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