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1. Bildad the Shuhite spoke out and said:
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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 utter such things? The words from your mouth are like a mighty 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. Does God pervert judgment, and does the Almighty distort justice?
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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. If your children have sinned against him and he has left them in the grip of their guilt,
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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. Still, if you yourself have recourse to God and make supplication to the Almighty,
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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. Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will awake for you and restore your rightful domain;
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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. Your former state will be of little moment, for in time to come you will flourish indeed.
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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. If you inquire of the former generations, and give heed to the experience of the fathers
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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. (As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are but 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. Will they not teach you and tell you and utter their words of understanding?
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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. Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grass flourish 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 it is yet green and uncut, it withers quicker than any 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. So is the end of everyone who forgets God, and so shall the hope of the godless man perish.
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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. His confidence is but a gossamer thread and his trust is 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. He shall rely upon his family, but it shall not last; he shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
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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. He is full of sap before sunrise, and beyond his garden his shoots go forth;
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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. About a heap of stones are his roots entwined; among the rocks he takes hold.
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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. Yet if one tears him from his place, it will disown him: "I have never seen 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. There he lies rotting beside the road, and out of the soil another sprouts.
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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. Behold, God will not cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand of the wicked.
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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. Once more will he fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.
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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. They that hate you shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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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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