| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: |
| 2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? | 2“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? |
| 3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? | 3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? |
| 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; | 4If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression. |
| 5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; | 5If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, |
| 6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. | 6if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation. |
| 7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. | 7And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great. |
| 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: | 8“For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out. |
| 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) | 9For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. |
| 10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? | 10Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding? |
| 11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? | 11“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water? |
| 12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. | 12While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant. |
| 13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: | 13Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. |
| 14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. | 14His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web. |
| 15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. | 15He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure. |
| 16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. | 16He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden. |
| 17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. | 17His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones. |
| 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. | 18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’ |
| 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. | 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring. |
| 20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: | 20“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers. |
| 21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. | 21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting. |
| 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. | 22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.” |
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