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72 lines
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# Job 8 (New King James Version)
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Bildad: Job Should Repent
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##### Chapter 8
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###### 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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###### 2 "How long will you speak these _things,_
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And the words of your mouth _be like_ a strong wind?
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###### 3 Does God subvert judgment?
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Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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###### 4 If your sons have sinned against Him,
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He has cast them away for their transgression.
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###### 5 If you would earnestly seek God
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And make your supplication to the Almighty,
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###### 6 If you _were_ pure and upright,
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Surely now He would awake for you,
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And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
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###### 7 Though your beginning was small,
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Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
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###### 8 "For inquire, please, of the former age,
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And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
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###### 9 For we _were born_ yesterday, and know nothing,
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Because our days on earth _are_ a shadow.
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###### 10 Will they not teach you and tell you,
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And utter words from their heart?
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###### 11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
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Can the reeds flourish without water?
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###### 12 While it _is_ yet green _and_ not cut down,
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It withers before any _other_ plant.
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###### 13 So _are_ the paths of all who forget God;
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And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
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###### 14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
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And whose trust _is_ a spider's web.
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###### 15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand.
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He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
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###### 16 He grows green in the sun,
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And his branches spread out in his garden.
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###### 17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,
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_And_ look for a place in the stones.
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###### 18 If he is destroyed from his place,
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Then _it_ will deny him, _saying,_ 'I have not seen you.'
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###### 19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way,
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And out of the earth others will grow.
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###### 20 Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,
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Nor will He uphold the evildoers.
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###### 21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
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And your lips with rejoicing.
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###### 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
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And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."
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