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1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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1. Then answered H6030 Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747 , and said H559 ,
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2. "How long will you say such things? Your words are no more than wind.
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2. How long H5704 H575 wilt thou speak H4448 these H428 things ? and how long shall the words H561 of thy mouth H6310 be like a strong H3524 wind H7307 ?
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3. God does not twist justice; the Almighty does not make wrong what is right.
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3. Doth God H410 pervert H5791 judgment H4941 ? or H518 doth the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 justice H6664 ?
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4. Your children sinned against God, and he punished them for their sins.
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4. If H518 thy children H1121 have sinned H2398 against him , and he have cast them away H7971 for H3027 their transgression H6588 ;
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5. But you should ask God for help and pray to the Almighty for mercy.
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5. If H518 thou H859 wouldest seek unto God quickly H7836 H413 H410 , and make thy supplication H2603 to H413 the Almighty H7706 ;
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6. If you are good and honest, he will stand up for you and bring you back where you belong.
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6. If H518 thou H859 wast pure H2134 and upright H3477 ; surely H3588 now H6258 he would awake H5782 for H5921 thee , and make the habitation H5116 of thy righteousness H6664 prosperous H7999 .
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7. Where you began will seem unimportant, because your future will be so successful.
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7. Though thy beginning H7225 was H1961 small H4705 , yet thy latter end H319 should greatly H3966 increase H7685 .
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8. "Ask old people; find out what their ancestors learned,
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8. For H3588 inquire H7592 , I pray thee H4994 , of the former H7223 age H1755 , and prepare H3559 thyself to the search H2714 of their fathers H1 :
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9. because we were only born yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are only a shadow.
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9. ( For H3588 we H587 are but of yesterday H8543 , and know H3045 nothing H3808 , because H3588 our days H3117 upon H5921 earth H776 are a shadow H6738 :)
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10. Those people will teach you and tell you and speak about what they know.
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10. Shall not H3808 they H1992 teach H3384 thee, and tell H559 thee , and utter H3318 words H4405 out of their heart H4480 H3820 ?
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11. Papyrus plants cannot grow where there is no swamp, and reeds cannot grow tall without water.
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11. Can the rush H1573 grow up H1342 without H3808 mire H1207 ? can the flag H260 grow H7685 without H1097 water H4325 ?
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12. While they are still growing and not yet cut, they will dry up quicker than grass.
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12. Whilst it is yet H5750 in his greenness H3 , and not H3808 cut down H6998 , it withereth H3001 before H6440 any H3605 other herb H2682 .
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13. That is what will happen to those who forget God; the hope of the wicked will be gone.
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13. So H3651 are the paths H734 of all H3605 that forget H7911 God H410 ; and the hypocrite H2611 's hope H8615 shall perish H6 :
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14. What they hope in is easily broken; what they trust is like a spider's web.
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14. Whose H834 hope H3689 shall be cut off H6990 , and whose trust H4009 shall be a spider H5908 's web H1004 .
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15. They lean on the spider's web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up.
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15. He shall lean H8172 upon H5921 his house H1004 , but it shall not H3808 stand H5975 : he shall hold it fast H2388 , but it shall not H3808 endure H6965 .
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16. They are like well-watered plants in the sunshine that spread their roots all through the garden.
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16. He H1931 is green H7373 before H6440 the sun H8121 , and his branch H3127 shooteth forth H3318 in H5921 his garden H1593 .
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17. They wrap their roots around a pile of rocks and look for a place among the stones.
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17. His roots H8328 are wrapped H5440 about H5921 the heap H1530 , and seeth H2372 the place H1004 of stones H68 .
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18. But if a plant is torn from its place, then that place rejects it and says, 'I never saw you.'
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18. If H518 he destroy H1104 him from his place H4480 H4725 , then it shall deny H3584 him, saying , I have not H3808 seen H7200 thee.
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19. Now joy has gone away; other plants grow up from the same dirt.
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19. Behold H2005 , this H1931 is the joy H4885 of his way H1870 , and out of the earth H4480 H6083 shall others H312 grow H6779 .
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20. "Surely God does not reject the innocent or give strength to those who do evil.
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20. Behold H2005 , God H410 will not H3808 cast away H3988 a perfect H8535 man , neither H3808 will he help H2388 H3027 the evildoers H7489 :
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21. God will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
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21. Till H5704 he fill H4390 thy mouth H6310 with laughing H7814 , and thy lips H8193 with rejoicing H8643 .
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22. Your enemies will be covered with shame, and the tents of the wicked will be gone."
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22. They that hate H8130 thee shall be clothed H3847 with shame H1322 ; and the dwelling place H168 of the wicked H7563 shall come to naught H369 .
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