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Then answered[H6030]Bildad[H1085] the Shuhite[H7747], and said[H559],
2How[H575]long[H5704] wilt thou speak[H4448] these things? and how[H575]long[H5704] shall the words[H561] of thy mouth[H6310] be like a strong[H3524]wind?[H7307]
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Doth God[H410]pervert[H5791]judgment?[H4941] or doth the Almighty[H7706]pervert[H5791]justice?[H6664]
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If thy children[H1121] have sinned[H2398] against him, and he have cast them away[H7971]for[H3027] their transgression[H6588];
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If thou wouldest seek[H7836] unto God[H410]betimes[H7836], and make thy supplication[H2603] to the Almighty[H7706];
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If thou wert pure[H2134] and upright[H3477]; surely now he would awake[H5782] for thee, and make the habitation[H5116] of thy righteousness[H6664]prosperous[H7999].
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Though thy beginning[H7225] was small[H4705], yet thy latter end[H319] should greatly[H3966]increase[H7685].
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For enquire[H7592], I pray thee, of the former[H7223]age[H1755], and prepare[H3559] thyself to the search[H2714] of their fathers[H1]:
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(For we are but of yesterday[H8543], and know[H3045] nothing, because our days[H3117] upon earth[H776] are a shadow[H6738]:)
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Shall not they teach[H3384] thee, and tell[H559] thee, and utter[H3318]words[H4405] out of their heart?[H3820]
11Can[H7685] the rush[H1573]grow[H7685]up[H1342]without[H1097]mire?[H1207]can[H7685] the flag[H260]grow[H7685]without[H1097]water?[H4325]
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Whilst it is yet in his greenness[H3], and not cut down[H6998], it withereth[H3001]before[H6440] any other herb[H2682].
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So are the paths[H734] of all that forget[H7911]God[H410]; and the hypocrite's hope[H8615] shall perish[H6]:
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Whose hope[H3689] shall be cut off[H6990], and whose trust[H4009] shall be a spider's web[H1004].
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He shall lean[H8172] upon his house[H1004], but it shall not stand[H5975]: he shall hold[H2388] it fast, but it shall not endure[H6965].
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He is green[H7373]before[H6440] the sun[H8121], and his branch[H3127] shooteth forth[H3318] in his garden[H1593].
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His roots[H8328] are wrapped about[H5440] the heap[H1530], and seeth[H2372] the place[H1004] of stones[H68].
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If he destroy[H1104] him from his place[H4725], then it shall deny[H3584] him, saying, I have not seen[H7200] thee.
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Behold, this is the joy[H4885] of his way[H1870], and out of the earth[H6083] shall others[H312]grow[H6779].
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Behold, God[H410] will not cast away[H3988] a perfect[H8535] man, neither will he help[H2388] the evil doers[H7489]:
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Till he fill[H4390] thy mouth[H6310] with laughing[H7814], and thy lips[H8193] with rejoicing[H8643].
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They that hate[H8130] thee shall be clothed[H3847] with shame[H1322]; and the dwelling[H168] place of the wicked[H7563] shall come to nought[H369].