Job 8

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(Job 8:1) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
(Job 8:2) How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?
(Job 8:3) Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
(Job 8:4) If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
(Job 8:5) If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
(Job 8:6) If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
(Job 8:7) Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
(Job 8:8) For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(Job 8:9) (For we {are but of} yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth {are} a shadow:)
(Job 8:10) Shall not they teach thee, {and} tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
(Job 8:11) Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
(Job 8:12) Whilst it {is} yet in his greenness, {and} not cut down, it withereth before any {other} herb.
(Job 8:13) So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
(Job 8:14) Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust {shall be} a spider's web.
(Job 8:15) He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
(Job 8:16) He {is} green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
(Job 8:17) His roots are wrapped about the heap, {and} seeth the place of stones.
(Job 8:18) If he destroy him from his place, then {it} shall deny him, {saying}, I have not seen thee.
(Job 8:19) Behold, this {is} the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
(Job 8:20) Behold, God will not cast away a perfect {man}, neither will he help the evil doers:
(Job 8:21) Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
(Job 8:22) They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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