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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

2How long will you go on saying these things? Your words are a blast of wind.

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

4Since your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

5But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

6if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

7Then, even if your beginnings were modest, your final days will be full of prosperity.

8"Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

8For ask the previous generation, and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

9since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

10Will they not teach you and tell you and speak from their understanding?

11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

12While still uncut shoots, they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.

14What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider's web.

14His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider's web.

15They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

15He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

17His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones.

18But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

18If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, "I never saw you."

19Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

19Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.

20"Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

20Look, God does not reject a person of integrity, and He will not support evildoers.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.

22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

22Your enemies will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will exist no longer.

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